Mumbai reports 55 new Covid-19 cases

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On Monday, Mumbai reported 55 new Covid-19 cases, zero death, the BMC health bulletin said.

In October, Mumbai has reported a total of 3,751 cases and seven fatalities due to the infection.

The financial capital has logged 28.21 per cent less cases and a 78.78 per cent drop in coronavirus-linked fatalities as compared to September. In September, the city had registered 5,225 coronavirus cases and 33 fatalities, as per BMC data.

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Notably, the case doubling rate surged to more than 10,000 days (10,444) from 9,804 days on Sunday, indicating a slowdown in the spread of the infection.

As per the bulletin, the city currently has 529 active cases.

As many as 2,903 swab samples were examined in the last 24 hours, taking the number of tests conducted so far in Mumbai to 1,84,53,812, it said.
The coronavirus recovery rate stood at 98.2 per cent, the bulletin stated.

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