Covid-19: Mumbai logs 18 cases, lowest since March 2020

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Mumbai on Monday reported 18 new coronavirus cases, the lowest daily count since March 2020 when the pandemic started, but no fresh death linked to the infection, while 50 more patients were discharged following recovery, the city civic body said.

With this, the tally of coronavirus infections rose to 10,58,129, while the death toll remained unchanged at 19,559, said a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) bulletin.

On Sunday, 7,654 tests were conducted in the financial capital, of which 30 were positive. The day also did not witness any fatalities.
The city has been reporting less than 100 cases since March 2 and zero fatalities since March 28.

The metropolis generally reports fewer COVID-19 cases on Mondays due to less number of tests carried out over the weekends.

In the past 24 hours, 5,397 COVID-19 tests were carried out in the city, taking their cumulative tally to 1,66,57,391, the bulletin said. Nearly 10,200 swab samples were examined on last Saturday.

With 50 more patients getting discharged during the day, the number of recoveries jumped to 10,38,320, as per the bulletin.

At present, Mumbai has 250 active COVID-19 cases and the recovery rate was 98 per cent, it said.

The positivity rate, or cases detected per 100 tests, was 0.003 per cent.

The case doubling rate of Mumbai was 17,955 days, while the growth rate of COVID-19 cases between March 28 and April 3 stood at 0.004 per cent, the BMC said. As per the bulletin, 15 of the 18 new COVID-19 patients were asymptomatic and only three of them were hospitalised and two of them put on oxygen support.

Notably, only 14 of the total 26,151 hospital beds earmarked for coronavirus patients are currently occupied in the city, said the bulletin.

The metropolis has been free of sealed buildings and containment zones for a long time now.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Monday recorded 52 fresh coronavirus cases, but no new death due to the infection, while 107 more patients recovered from the disease, the health department said.

With this, the state's COVID-19 tally rose to 78,74,446, while the death toll remained unchanged at 1,47,789, the department said in a bulletin.

On Sunday, the state had reported 117 cases and two fatalities linked to the infection. The bulletin said 107 coronavirus patients recovered in the past 24 hours, taking their cumulative number to 77,25,791 and leaving the state with 866 active cases.

The state's recovery rate stood at 98.11 per cent.

Sangli, Jalgaon, Nandurbar, Hingoli, Nanded, Akola, Washim, Yavatmal, Bhandara and Gondia districts have zero active cases. The bulletin said 15,054 coronavirus tests were conducted in the past 24 hours, pushing their cumulative count in the state to 7,94,87,293.

78,74,446 Total No. of cases in maharashtra
26 Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours
0 No. of deaths in city on monday
50 patients Recovered and discharged in city on monday

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