Covid-19: Mumbai cases dip further to 1,240

A BMC health worker conducts thermal screening at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus on Monday. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi

The city recorded a further dip in daily Covid-19 numbers on Monday with 1,240 fresh infections and 48 deaths. Mumbai has been recording fewer than 1,500 cases since last week, except for Sunday, when it saw a slight increase to 1,544 new infections. However, the test positivity rate saw a marginal rise on Monday at 7 per cent from 6 per cent on Saturday.

A BMC health worker conducts a swab test at the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus on Monday. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi

The rise in the test positivity rate (TPR) is being attributed to low testing over the past 24 hours. There has been a steady fall in the test positivity rate since May 5. On May 5 the TPR was 10.96, while last week it was below seven. It fell below six on Saturday. The doubling rate has also significantly improved and is 246 days currently.

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Of the 48 deaths in Mumbai, 28 patients had comorbidities, 27 deaths were of patients above 60 years of age while 15 deaths were of those between 40 and 60 years. The city's recovery rate has improved and stands at 93 per cent. A total of 2,587 people were discharged after full recovery on Monday.

Maharashtra too saw a significant drop in new cases and deaths on Monday. As per the state government's report, 26,616 new cases were reported along with 516 deaths across the state. The state's case fatality rate is currently 1.53 per cent. A total of 48,211 people recovered and got discharged on Monday. Currently, the state has 4.45 lakh active cases. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) also saw a major drop in new cases. The region reported 4,007 fresh infections on Monday, including the ones reported in Mumbai. Apart from Mumbai, Kalyan-Dombivili saw 655 cases and Raigad 452. Thane reported 237 new cases, Vasai-Virar reported 350 fresh infections and Palghar saw 237 new cases. The MMR, excluding Mumbai, registered 70 deaths, out of which Vasai and Virar had 18 deaths each. Raigad and Panvel reported nine deaths each.

54,05,068
Total No. of cases in Maharashtra

4,007
Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours

48
No. of deaths in city on Monday (28 patients had comorbidities, 27 deaths were of patients above 60 years of age while 15 deaths were of those between 40 and 60 years)

2,587
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Monday