Mumbai’s daily Covid-19 cases rise above 1,000 again

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After recording a steep dip in daily Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, Mumbai saw a rise in numbers again and recorded 1,350 cases and 57 deaths on Wednesday. The jump in cases is being attributed to more number of tests conducted, as the test positivity rate is below six per cent. While on Tuesday the TPR was 5.31, on Wednesday it slightly rose to 5.92 per cent.

There has been a steady fall in the TPR since May 5. It fell below six on Saturday. On May 5 the TPR was 10.96. Last week, the TPR was more or less below seven.

For the first time in the second wave the city had registered daily cases below 1,000 on Tuesday. Mumbai saw the highest number of cases (11,163) on April 4 and since then the numbers have been on a decline.

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The doubling rate has continued to improve significantly and is currently 269 days. Of the 57 deaths in Mumbai, 31 patients had comorbidities, 38 deaths were of patients above 60 years of age while 15 were of those in the 40-60 age group.

The city's recovery rate has improved and was 93 per cent on Wednesday. A total of 4,565 people were discharged after full recovery.

State sees rise too

Maharashtra also saw a rise in new cases on Wednesday. As per the state government's report, 34,031 fresh infections were reported.

However, there was a dip in Covid-19 fatalities in the state.

On Wednesday, 594 deaths were reported across the state. The state's case fatality rate is now 1.54 per cent. A total of 51,457 patients were discharged after full recovery. The state has a total of 4.01 lakh active cases.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) reported significant rise in new cases. The MMR saw 3,446 fresh cases on Wednesday, including the ones reported in Mumbai. Apart from Mumbai, Palghar saw 291 cases and Raigad 516 in the MMR. Vasai-Virar reported 116 new cases while Kalyan-Dombivli saw 168 cases and Thane 232 on Wednesday.

The MMR, excluding Mumbai, registered 37 deaths, out of which Vasai-Virar reported 58 deaths, Thane 12, Navi Mumbai seven and Kalyan-Dombivli four.

54,67,537
Total No. of cases in Maharashtra

3,446
Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours

57
No. of deaths in city on Wednesday (31 patients had comorbidities, 38 deaths were of patients above 60 years of age while 15 were of those in the 40-60 age group)

4,565
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Wednesday

21,62,572
(Total no. of people administered the first vaccine dose)

7,25,138
(No. of people who have taken their second vaccine dose so far)

25,926
(No. of people who took their first vaccine dose on Wednesday)

3,681
(No. of people who took their second vaccine dose on Wednesday)