Mumbai records 167 new Covid-19 cases, zero deaths

Mumbaikars are back to crowding popular spots in the city like the Dadar beach on Sunday. Pic/Satej Shinde

Mumbai on Sunday reported 167 new Covid positive cases, 34 fewer than the previous day, which raised the city's infection count to 10,55,561, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

The death toll remained unchanged at 16,687 as no patient succumbed to the infection during the day, it said. Maharashtra reported 1,437 fresh Covid-19 cases and six deaths due to the infection, taking the state's tally to 78,58,431 and the toll to 1,43,582, an official said

On Saturday, the metropolis had recorded 201 cases and one fatality. There are 1,511 active cases in the city at present. Of the 167 new cases, 147 patients are asymptomatic. Nineteen patients required hospitalisation and five of them were on oxygen support, the health department of the civic body said in a statement.

As many as 286 patients were discharged during the day, which took Mumbai's recovery count to 10,34,493. A total of 28,978 people were tested during the day, taking the overall test figure to 1,60,28,961. The recovery rate of Mumbai is 98 per cent and the case doubling rate is 3,097 days.

Mumbai is free of containment zones or buildings sealed due to Covid-19 cases, the statement said. The discharge of 3,375 people during the day took the recovery count in Maharashtra to 76,94,439, which is 97.91 per cent of the total caseload, leaving the state with 16,422 active cases, as per the statement.

Mumbai region saw 293 cases and two deaths. The total cases now stand at 22,27,506 and the fatality count is 36,856. Nashik region reported 257 cases, Pune division 522, Kolhapur division 87, Aurangabad division 49, Latur division 47, Akola division 55 and Nagpur division 127. It further added the Omicron tally in Maharashtra stood at 4,456, of which 3,986 had already been discharged.

78,58,431
Total no. of cases in Maharashtra

293
Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours

0
No. of deaths in city on Sunday (There were, however, six deaths recorded in the state on Sunday)

286
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Sunday

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