Mumbai sees drop in new cases of Covid-19

After recording a jump in the Test Positivity Rate TPR and fresh cases on Sunday Mumbai once again saw a significant drop in both on Monday As the cityrsquos TPR dropped below five per cent it recorded a little more than 1000 fresh infections On May 23 Mumbai recorded a jump in TPR which hit 613 per centAs per the BMCrsquos report 1057 new Covid19 cases and 48 deaths were reported in the city on Monday The TPR was 481 per centFor the first time in the second wave the TPR went below five per cent on May 20 On May 21 the TPR was 428 per cent On May 18 the city had registered daily new Covid19 cases below 1000 However it saw a rise in cases and fatalities later in the week The doubling rate continues to improve significantly and now stands at 334 daysOf the 48 deaths in Mumbai 26 patients had comorbidities 26 deaths were of patients above the age of 60 years and 19 deaths were of those in the 4060 years group The cityrsquos recovery rate has improved and was 93 per cent on Monday A total of 1312 people were discharged after full recoveryAlso Read As June 1 looms all eyes on track Mumbai local trains for fully vaccinated Commuter bodies debateMaharashtra saw a significant dip in new cases and fatalities too on Monday As per the state governmentrsquos report 22122 fresh infections and 361 Covid19 deaths were reported The statersquos case fatality rate is now 159 per cent A total of 42320 people were discharged after full recovery The state has 327 lakh active cases The Mumbai Metropolitan Region MMR too reported a significant dip in new cases and fatalities The region saw 2713 fresh cases on Monday including the ones reported in Mumbai Apart from Mumbai Thane saw 258 cases and Raigad 328 Palghar reported 125 new cases KalyanDombivli 218 and Navi Mumbai 104 The MMR excluding Mumbai registered 21 deaths out of which Palghar reported seven Navi Mumbai five Panvel four and Raigad three5602019Total No of cases in Maharashtra2713Total no of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours48No of deaths in city on Monday 26 patients had comorbidities 26 deaths were of patients above the age of 60 years and 19 deaths were of those in the 4060 years group1312Patients recovered and discharged in city on Monday2244725Total no of people administered the first vaccine dose735753No of people who have taken their second vaccinedose so far25211No of people who took their first vaccine dose on Monday2735No of people who took their second vaccine dose on Monday1057No of new cases the city reported on Monday48137Cityrsquos TPR on Monday