Mumbai saw 283 new Covid cases on Thursday, which was a drop of about 18 per cent over the previous day. At 37,517 tests, the test positivity rate remained at 0.75 per cent. The Coronavirus claimed two lives during the day, showed numbers released by the BMC. As per the state health department, 997 fresh infections were reported across Maharashtra with 28 fatalities.

The numbers had risen to 347 on Wednesday. Of the two deaths on Thursday, both patients had comorbidities and were above 60 years of age. The city witnessed zero deaths for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic on October 17. It was on August 16 that the numbers fell below 200 and recorded the second wave’s lowest daily cases. The doubling rate improved to 2,153 days on Thursday.