Mumbai sees 46 Covid-19 cases, 1st sub-50 addition to tally

Healthcare worker collects swab samples at Vidhan Bhavan. Pic/Suresh Karkera

Mumbai on Sunday reported 46 Covid-19 cases, the first time the daily addition was less than 50, taking the tally to 10,56,918, while one death after a clean slate for nine consecutive days took the toll to 16,692, a civic official said.

For the first time since the peak of the pandemic, Mumbai has reported less than 50 new cases. A day to mark and a mark to not cross! Let's hang in there Mumbai, till that mark hits a zero, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation tweeted.

Of the 46 new cases, 41 are asymptomatic, with just one patient requiring oxygen support, he pointed out. The recovery count increased by 102 to touch 10,36,825, which left the metropolis with an active caseload of 519, he said. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation data showed the total number of tests carried out was 1,62,95,731, including 20,207 in the last 24 hours.

It also revealed that the caseload doubling time was 5,969 days and the growth rate of cases between February 27 and March 5 was 0.01 per cent. According to the state health department, Maharashtra on Sunday recorded 362 new positive cases, taking the overall tally to 78,68,813. The state saw three more fatalities to its tally.

The Covid death toll now stands at 143,740. The active cases in the state stood at 3,709 as of Sunday, while the total recoveries on Sunday was 77,17,362. Further, of the total cases reported today, 61 patients were found to be infected with of Omicron variant of coronavirus. Pune city reporting 83 cases, Pune rural adding 48 cases.

78,68,813
Total no. of cases in Maharashtra

81
Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours

01
No. of deaths in city on Sunday (1 patients had co-morbidities, the patient was above 60 years of age)

102
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Sunday

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