Mumbai reports five new Covid-19 cases, active tally at 30

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Mumbai on Sunday reported as many as five new cases of Covid-19. The fresh cases took the tally of infections to 11,55,236, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a health bulletin.

No death was reported on January 22, the death toll remained unchanged at 19,747, it said.

The recovery count increased by eight more patients to touch 11,35,459, the health bulletin said.

The city now has an active caseload of 30 patients, it further said.

According to the data, Mumbai's overall growth rate of cases between January 15 and January 21 was 0.0003 per cent, and the recovery rate stood at 98.3 per cent.

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Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Sunday reported 16 new cases of coronavirus that raised the tally of infections to 81,37,061, an official from the state health department said, reported the PTI.

The count of recoveries reached 79,88,517 after 12 patients were discharged during the day, while the toll remained unchanged at 1,48,420 deaths, the official said.

With this, the state currently has 124 active cases. The recovery rate is at 98.17 per cent and fatality rate stood at 1.82 per cent, he said.

(with PTI inputs)