Mumbai logs 86 new Covid-19 cases; active tally at 575

A woman gets her jab at Nair hospital. File pic

The city on Friday reported 86 new Covid-19 cases, which took the tally here to 11,53,728, while the death toll remained unchanged at 19,738, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official said. Only six of the new patien ts required hospitalisation, including one on oxygen support, he said.

The recovery count increased by 161 and reached 11,33,415, leaving the metropolis with an active caseload of 575, he said. So far, 1,84,41,784 coronavirus tests have been conducted in Mumbai, including 3,618 in the past 24 hours, as per BMC. It also revealed the recovery rate was 98.2 per cent and the overall growth rate of cases between October 21 and 27 was 0.008 per cent.

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Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Friday recorded 273 new cases and one fatality that raised the tally to 81,31,139 and toll to 1,48,383, an official from the state health department said. As per the health department's report, the highest 158 cases were detected in Mumbai circle, followed by Pune with 64, Nagpur 32, Akola six, Nashik four and Latur three cases.

At least 439 patients recovered in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 79,81,135, the report said. Maharashtra currently has 1,621 active cases. The recovery rate now stands at 98.16 per cent, while the fatality rate is 1.82 per cent, the report said.

81,31,139
Total no of cases in Maharashtra so far

11,53,728
Total no of cases in Mumbai so far

1
No of deaths in state on Friday

161
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Friday

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