Covid-19: Mumbai reports 49 cases, no death; active tally now 299

A man is being administered with Covid-19 vaccine at BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai Central, on Friday. Pic/Ashish Raje

City's recovery rate was 98 per cent, while the positivity rate stood at 0.005 per cent Mumbai on Friday reported 49 Covid-19 cases, which took the tally to 10,58,326, while the death count stood unchanged at 19,560, a civic official said. The city had reported 41 cases and one death on Thursday, he pointed out. So far, 10,38,467 people have been discharged post recovery, including 32 during the day, leaving the city with 299 active cases, he said.

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation data showed the recovery rate was 98 per cent, while the positivity rate stood at 0.005 per cent. It also revealed that the caseload doubling time was 18,087 days, while the case growth rate between April 1 and 7 stood at 0.004 per cent. A civic health bulletin informed that 47 of the 49 cases detected on Friday were asymptomatic, while two people have been hospitalised.

Only 25 of the 26,151 hospital beds earmarked for Covid-19 treatment are currently occupied, as per the bulletin. Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Friday recorded 130 Covid-19 cases and four deaths, all of which took place in Pune district, taking the state's tally to 78,74,948 and toll to 1,47,810, an official said. On Thursday, it had reported 128 cases and six fatalities, he pointed out.

So far, 77,26,326 people, or 98 per cent of the caseload, have been discharged, including 142 in the last 24 hours, leaving Maharashtra with 812 active cases, he said. The official informed that Sindhudurg, Jalgaon, Latur, Hingoli, Nanded, Yavatmal, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur districts do not have active cases at the moment. State health department data showed that the fatality rate was 1.87 per cent, while 29,472 tests conducted in the last 24 hours took the overall number of samples examined to 7,96,09,229.

78,74,948
Total no of cases in Maharashtra

62
Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours

0
No of deaths in city on Friday

32
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Friday

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