The TPR, positive patients among 100 tests, dropped further on Saturday. Of 16,805 tests conducted, only 571 tests turned positive which shows a TPR of 3.4 per cent, the lowest since the outbreak of the pandemic. The recovery rate, too, has also increased to 94 per cent now. COVID-19 cases across the state dropped below 3,000 on Saturday with 52 deaths. 

The city recorded eight deaths, out of which seven patients had comorbidities. Meanwhile, 700 patients recovered in the city and now Mumbai has a caseload of 6,965 active patients.