Mumbai records 165 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday

A man gets a dose of the vaccine at Nair hospital. File pic

Mumbai recorded 165 new COVID cases on Sunday, while Maharashtra recorded 286 new cases of coronavirus and one casualty, which raised the tally of infections to 81,31,744 and toll to 1,48,386, an official from the public health department said.

With 313 patients recovering from the infection, the count of recoveries reached 79,81,854, leaving 1,504 active cases in the state, the official said. The recovery rate now stands at 98.16 per cent, while the fatality rate is at 1.82 per cent, he said.

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According to a health bulletin, Mumbai circle reported 165 new cases, followed by Pune with 63, Latur and Nagpur 18 each, Akola eight, Nashik seven, Kolhapur four and Aurangabad three. The single casualty of the day was reported by the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, it said.

At least 15,440 swab samples were tested in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of tests conducted to 8,52,43,134, the bulletin said.

The coronavirus figures of Maharashtra are as follows: Positive cases: 81,31,744; fresh cases: 286; death toll: 1,48,386; total recoveries: 79,81,854; total tests: 8,52,43,134.

81,31,744 Total No. of cases in the state so far
1, 48,386 Total No. of deaths in the state so far
0 No. of deaths in city on sunday
98.16 recovery rate in the state

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