Mumbai’s Covid-19 cases and fatalities rise but doubling rate improves

A passenger being tested at the Dadar station on Friday. Pic/Ashish Raje

The city's test positivity rate (TPR) saw a slight rise on Friday after it was the lowest in the second wave on Thursday. On Tuesday, the city's TPR was 1.76 per cent , and it fell further to 1.71 per cent on Thursday.

On Friday, the TPR was 1.74 per cent . The city's daily new cases and fatalities also rose. As per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) report there were 676 new cases on Friday and 27 deaths across the city.

But the doubling rate improved and was 744 days on Friday. Of the 27 deaths, 15 patients had comorbidities, 12 deaths were in the age group over 60 while 13 deaths were reported in the 40-60 age group. On June 8, the city had reported single digit Covid-19 fatalities for the first time in the second wave.

The city's recovery rate remained constant at 96 per cent as 546 people recovered and were discharged on Friday.

The state's new Covid-19 cases saw a marginal drop for the third consecutive day on Friday. As per the state report, 8,753 new cases were reported across the state. The Covid-19 fatalities in the state also saw a significant drop as compared to Thursday, as 156 deaths were registered.

The state's case fatality rate remained constant at 2.1 percent. At least 8,385 people recovered and got discharged on Friday. Currently the state has 1.16 lakh active cases.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) also saw a marginal drop in new cases. The MMR reported 1,951 cases on Friday, including the ones reported in Mumbai. Apart from Mumbai, Navi Mumbai with 142 and Raigad with 438 reported the maximum new cases in MMR.

Thane reported 118 new cases while Kalyan-Dombivli saw 114 cases and Vasai-Virar reported 81 new cases each on Friday.

MMR, excluding Mumbai, registered 10 Covid-19 fatalities on Friday. Raigad reported 7 deaths, highest in MMR after Mumbai. Mira-Bhayandar, Palghar and Raigad reported one death each.