Mumbai reports 150 new Covid-19 cases, zero death

A beneficiary gets a vaccine dose at BYL Nair Hospital. Pic/Ashish Raje

The city reported 150 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, 63 less compared to the previous day, but no death due to the infection was registered in the city, the civic body said. With this, Mumbai's overall tally of Covid-19 cases rose to 10,63,058, while the death toll remained unchanged at 19,566, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a bulletin.

On Sunday, the financial capital had logged 213 Covid-19 cases and zero fatalities. The city's daily Covid-19 cases have surged to three digits this month after remaining under 100 for several weeks. With 74 more patients getting discharged after recovery in the past 24 hours, their cumulative count increased to 10,42,122, the bulletin said. Mumbai's active tally climbed to 1,370, while the case doubling rate dipped to 3,954 days and the growth rate of Covid-19 cases stood at 0.017 per cent between May 16 and 22, the BMC said.

The coronavirus recovery rate was 98 per cent, the bulletin said. The number of tests conducted in the metropolis so far reached 1,70,71,921 with an addition of 5,173 tests in the last 24 hours, it said. As per the bulletin, out of 150 new Covid-19 cases, only 6 patients were symptomatic and hospitalised, but none of them was on oxygen support, the bulletin said. The civic body said only 43 of the 24,488 beds earmarked for Covid-19 patients are currently occupied in Mumbai.

The metropolis has been free of sealed buildings and containment zones for several weeks now. Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Monday recorded 208 new cases, taking the state's tally to 78,83,010, while the death toll stayed unchanged at 1,47,856 for the fifth consecutive day, an official said. So far, 77,33,176 persons have recovered from the infection, including 133 in the past 24 hours, leaving the state with an active caseload of 1,978, he said. The fatality rate was 1.87 per cent, while the examination of 14,688 samples in the past 24 hours took the overall number of tests to 8,07,22,623.

78,83,010
Total no of cases in Maharashtra

180
Total no of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours

0
No of deaths in city on Monday

74
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Monday

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