Covid-19: Mumbai sees rise in new cases again

A BMC health worker collects a swab sample from a passenger at Dadar station on Wednesday. Pic/Ashish Raje

Mumbai saw a significant rise in the daily COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as the figure went past 200. The city also recorded a marginal rise in the test positivity rate (TPR) at 0.73 per cent. As per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) report, 283 new cases and five COVID fatalities were registered in the city on Wednesday.

It was on August 16 that the daily number fell below 200. The TPR dipped below 1 per cent for the first time in the second wave on July 29.

The doubling rate has improved and was 2,057 days on Wednesday. Of the five deaths reported in the city, one patient had comorbidities, four deaths were of people above 60 years of age and one death was of a patient in the 40-60 years group. The city's recovery rate remained constant at 97 per cent and a total of 297 people were discharged after full recovery.

The state's COVID-19 cases saw a significant rise as well and the figure went above 5,000. The COVID-19 fatalities of the state also saw a rise at 158. The state's case fatality rate remained constant at 2.11 per cent as 8,196 people were discharged after full recovery. The state has 58,069 active cases.

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The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) also saw a significant rise in cases on Wednesday. As per the state report, 686 cases were reported in the MMR, including those in Mumbai.

Apart from Mumbai, Raigad reported 87 cases in the MMR followed by Navi Mumbai with 58 cases. Thane reported 31 new cases, Panvel saw 51 cases and Vasai-Virar reported 34 cases each on Wednesday.

The MMR, excluding Mumbai, registered 33 COVID-19 fatalities on Wednesday. The Thane Municipal Corporation saw 22 deaths, highest in the MMR. Kalyan-Dombivili saw five deaths while Vasai-Virar, Palghar, Mira-Bhayandar and Navi Mumbai saw one death each.

58,069
No. of active COVID-19 cases in the state

No vaccinations today, tomorrow

The vaccination drive will not take place at public centres on Thursday and Friday due to non-availability of jabs. Vaccinations will resume on Saturday. However, private centres will remain open on both days. "There is a very limited stock of vaccines. We expect fresh stock to arrive on Thursday night, which will be distributed among the centres on Friday. So the drive will resume on Saturday," said a BMC official.