Covid-19: Mumbai adds 283 cases, 5 deaths; doubling rate improves to 2,057 days

Commuters at Borivli railway station. Pic/Satej Shinde

Mumbai reported 283 new coronavirus positive cases and five deaths, which took its infection tally to 7,40,007 and toll to 15,930, a civic official said.

The city's average case doubling rate improved to 2,057 days from 1,986 days that was recorded on August 17, he said. At present, there are 2,686 active Covid-19 cases in the metropolis, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said.

After witnessing less than 200 Covid-19 cases on two consecutive days in a row, the city reported a marginal rise in the daily infection count as well as fatalities on August 18 as compared to August 17, when there were 198 cases and two deaths, the lowest since March 9, 2020.

Notably, this is the fifth consecutive day the slums and chawls in the city are free of containment zones, while the number of sealed buildings stands at 24, the official added. With 38,703 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, Mumbai's overall test count reached 87,45,957.

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The city's recovery count has now increased to 7,18,955 as 297 patients got discharged from hospitals. Its average recovery rate is 97 per cent. The average growth rate of Covid-19 cases for the period between August 11 and 17 is 0.04 per cent, he said. This year, Mumbai had reported the highest 11,163 daily cases on April 4, 2021, while the highest 90 fatalities were witnessed on May 1, 2021.

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