Mumbai reports 2 new Covid-19 cases, active tally at 32

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Mumbai on Saturday reported 2 new cases of Covid-19. The fresh cases took the tally of infections to 11,55,130, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a health bulletin.

No death was reported on January 2, the death toll remained unchanged at 19,746, it said.

The recovery count increased by five more patients to touch 11,35,352 the health bulletin said.

The city now has an active caseload of 32, it further said.

According to the data, Mumbai's overall growth rate of cases between December 26, 2022 and January 1, 2023 was 0.0005 per cent, and the recovery rate stood at 98.3 per cent.

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Meanwhile, Maharashtra had on Sunday reported 16 fresh cases of coronavirus that took the tally of infections to 81,36,679, an official from the state health department said, as per the PTI.

The toll on January 1 remained unchanged at 1,48,417, while the count of recoveries reached 79,88,101 after 19 patients recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours, he said.

The state was left with 161 active cases, the official said.

With 12,145 swab samples tested in the last 24 hours on Sunday, the total number of tests conducted so far in the state went up to 8,59,42,865, he said.