City sees 36 new Covid-19 cases, no fresh deaths

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Mumbai on Tuesday reported 36 new coronavirus cases, but no fresh death linked to the infection for the second day in a row, while 26 more patients were discharged following recovery, the civic body said. With this, the overall tally of coronavirus infections rose to 10,57,915, while the death toll remained unchanged at 19,559, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) bulletin said.

On Monday, the financial capital had reported 50 Covid-19 cases and zero fatalities. Significantly, Mumbai's daily Covid-19 cases are below the 100-mark since March 2, and the city has logged zero deaths on 25 of the 29 days this month so far. In the past 24 hours, 9,333 Covid-19 tests were carried out in the city, taking their cumulative tally to 1,65,94,488, the bulletin said.

With 26 more patients discharged in the last 24 hours, the number of recoveries jumped to 10,38,035, leaving the metropolis with 300 active cases, it said. The city's coronavirus recovery rate stood at 98 per cent, while the positivity rate, or cases detected per 100 tests, was 0.003 per cent. The case doubling rate of Mumbai was 15,130 days, while the growth rate of Covid-19 infections between March 22 and 28 stood at 0.005 per cent, as per the bulletin.

The BMC said 34 of the 36 new Covid-19 patients were asymptomatic and only two of them were hospitalised, but none was on oxygen support. Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Tuesday recorded 103 fresh coronavirus cases, while no new death linked to the infection was registered in the state for the second consecutive day, the health department said.

With this, the state's overall Covid-19 tally rose to 78,73,722, while the death toll remained unchanged at 1,47,780, the department said in a bulletin. The department said 107 coronavirus patients were discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the count of recoveries to 77,24,982. There are now 960 active cases in the state, the bulletin said. The coronavirus recovery rate in the state stood at 98.11 per cent, it added.

78,73,722
Total no of cases in Maharashtra

50
Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours

0
No. of deaths in city on Tuesday

26
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Tuesday

1,06,58,310
(Total no. of people administered the first dose)

94,62,311
(No of people who have taken second dose so far)

5,350
(No. of people who took first dose on tuesday)

7,684
(No. of people who took second dose on Tuesday)

3,99,643
Total no of booster doses administered so far

3,347
No. of booster Doses administered on Tuesday

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