Mumbai’s TPR rises to 1.01 per cent, Covid-19 cases at 364

A woman gets tested at Dadar on Friday. Pic/Ashish Raje

Mumbai's test positivity rate (TPR) has seen a significant rise as it crossed the one per cent mark. It had dipped below one per cent for the first time in the second wave on July 29. On Friday, it rose to 1.01 per cent. Meanwhile, as per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) report, the cases stood at 364 and deaths at five.

On August 19, the city recorded the second wave's lowest TPR at 0.53 per cent, after which the graph has been gradually going up.

The city also saw a marginal dip in new cases along with a dip in Covid-19 fatalities. However, as compared to Thursday, the city saw less testing, resulting in a high TPR.

It was on August 16 that daily cases fell below 200 and the second wave's lowest cases were recorded.

The city reported the highest number of cases - 11,163 on April 4 and then the declining trend started. There has been a steady fall in the TPR after May 5, when it was recorded at 10.96 per cent.

A man gets tested for Covid at LTT on Friday. Pic/Atul Kamble

Out of the five deaths, five patients had comorbidities, two were in the age group of above 60 years and three were in the age group of 45 to 60 years.

The doubling rate continued to deteriorate and was at 1,747 days on Friday.

The city's recovery rate remained constant at 97 per cent as 214 people recovered and were discharged on Friday.

The state's Covid-19 cases saw a marginal rise on Friday. As per the state health department's report, 4,654 cases were reported across Maharashtra. There was a marginal dop in deaths at 170.

The state's fatality rate remained constant at 2.12 per cent as 3,301 people recovered and got discharged. Currently, the state has 51,574 active cases.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), too, saw a marginal dip in new cases on Friday. As per the state report, 815 cases were reported in the MMR, including cases from Mumbai.

Raigad reported 107 cases - the maximum in MMR after Mumbai, followed by Kalyan-Dombivli with 60. Panvel recorded 57 cases while Thane had 38 cases. Navi Mumbai saw 59 cases and Vasai-Virar had 22 new cases on Friday.

The MMR, excluding Mumbai, registered 17 Covid-19 fatalities.

Kalyan-Dombivli and Vasai-Virar saw five deaths each, Navi Mumbai saw three and Raigad and Panvel had one death each.

64,47,442
Total no. of cases in Maharashtra

453
Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours

5
No. of deaths in city on Friday (Five patients had comorbidities, two were in the age group of above 60 years and three were in the age group of 45 to 60 years)

214
No. of patients recovered and discharged in city on Friday

66,54,499
(Total no. of people administered the first vaccine dose)

23,55,550
(No. of people who have taken their second dose so far)

1,02,583
(No. of people who took their first vaccine dose on Friday)

61,547
(No. of people who took their second vaccine dose on Friday)

4,654
No. of new cases across the state on Friday