Covid-19: Mumbai reports 52 new cases; active tally at 309

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Mumbai on Tuesday recorded 52 new Covid-19 cases, taking the tally of infections to 10,58,494, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. The city has recorded double the number of infections it had on Monday, when it saw 26 cases, the official said. This is the fourth time this month that the city had reported over 50 new Covid-19 cases.

As per a health bulletin, 56 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the count of recoveries to 10,38,625, while the toll stood at 19,560, as no casualties were reported during the day. Mumbai is now left with 309 active cases and the recovery rate is at 98 per cent, the official said, adding that the positivity rate in the city is at 0.005 per cent.

The doubling rate of cases is 16,537 days, while the overall growth rate of cases between April 5 and April 11 is 0.005 per cent, it was stated. At least 10,078 Covid-19 tests were carried out in the city in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of Covid-19 tests conducted so far to 1,67,35,202.Only 12 of the total 26,151 hospital beds are occupied in the city, and there are no sealed buildings and containment zones in the city, the civic bulletin stated.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Tuesday recorded 113 fresh coronavirus cases, 72 more than a day ago, and four deaths linked to the infection, while 127 patients recovered from the disease, the health department said. With these additions, the state's overall Covid-19 tally rose to 78,75,324, while the death toll increased to 1,47,820, the department said in a bulletin. On Monday, the state had saw 41 cases and zero fatality.

All four Covid-19 fatalities were reported from Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation areas in adjoining Thane district, the bulletin said. The case fatality rate in the state stood at 1.78 per cent. The health department said 127 people recovered from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking their cumulative number to 77,26,790 and leaving the state with 714 active cases.

The coronavirus recovery rate in the state was 98.11 per cent. Sindhudurg, Jalgaon, Nandubar, Latur, Hingoli, Osmanabad, Yavatmal, Wardha, Bhandara and Chandrapur districts have zero active cases, the bulletin said. As many as 26,598 swab samples were examined in the state in the last 24 hours for detection of coronavirus, taking the number of tests conducted so far to 7,97,31,899, it said.

78,75,324
Total no of cases in Maharashtra

14
Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours

0
No of deaths in city on Tuesday

56
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Tuesday

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