Mumbai sees 44 Covid-19 cases; no death for seventh day

A beneficiary is being administered a vaccine against COVID-19, at BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai Central, on March 12. Pic/Ashish Raje

Mumbai on Sunday reported 44 COVID-19 cases, taking the tally here to 10,57,263, while the death toll remained unchanged for the seventh consecutive day at 16,692, an official said. So far, 10,37,342 people have been discharged post-recovery, including 46 during the day, leaving the metropolis with an active caseload of 345, he added.

With 13,911 samples being examined in the last 24 hours, the number of tests went up to 1,63,87,441, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation data showed.

It also revealed that the recovery rate was 98 per cent and the caseload doubling time stood at 13,788 days.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra recorded 251 fresh cases and zero deaths on Sunday. The state's case tally has now reached 78,71,202, while the death toll stands at 1,43,752.

Pune reported 57 cases while Pune's circle added 88 new cases.

A total of 448 patients were discharged in the state in the last 24 hours, taking the overall recovery count to 77,20,922. The recovery rate in the state is 98.09 per cent, while the case fatality rate is 1.82 per cent.

The active cases in Maharashtra stand at 2,524.

It said that 55,277 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative test count to 7,86,45,510.

78,71,202 Total No. of cases in maharashtra
81 Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours
0 No. of deaths in city on sunday
46 patients Recovered and discharged in city on sunday

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