Mumbai sees drop in Covid-19 cases, fatalities, but the TPR continues to rise

People being tested at LTT in Kurla, on Tuesday. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi

Mumbai continued to show a rising trend in the test positivity rate (TPR) on Tuesday even as new cases and Covid-19 fatalities saw a significant drop. As per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) report, 352 new cases were reported on Tuesday along with one death. The TPR was 1.41% while it was 1.31% on Monday.

The city's doubling rate continued to fall and was at 1,177 days on Tuesday. The deceased had comorbidities and was above 60 years of age. The city's recovery rate remained constant at 97 per cent as 363 people recovered and were discharged on Tuesday.

The state's Covid-19 cases saw a significant rise on Tuesday and as per the state health department report, 3,131 cases were reported. The state also saw a significant rise in the number of deaths with 70 deaths on Tuesday as per the state report. The state's case fatality rate remained constant at 2.12 percent as 4,021 people recovered and got discharged on Tuesday. Currently the state has 40,712 active cases.

A woman is vaccinated at Los Angeles BMC school at Matunga on Tuesday. Pic/Ashish Raje

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) cases remained constant on Tuesday. As per the state report, 791 cases were reported in the MMR including cases from Mumbai.

Apart from Mumbai, Panvel saw 66 cases, followed by Thane Municipal Corporation with 65 cases. Kalyan-Dombivli registered 64 cases each. Navi Mumbai registered 61 cases while Thane had 42 cases. Vasai-Virar saw 25 new cases and Mira-Bhayandar reported 31 cases.

MMR, excluding Mumbai, registered seven Covid-19 fatalities on Tuesday. Thane saw four deaths, highest in the MMR. Panvel recorded two deaths.

65,27,629
Tal no. of cases in Maharashtra

439
Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours

1
No. of deaths in city on Tuesday (The deceased had comorbidities and was above 60 years of age)

363
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Tuesday

78,03,123
(Total no. of people administered the first dose)

35,60,471
(No. of people who have taken second dose so far)

22,426
(No. of people who took first dose on Tuesday)

41,636
(No. of people who took second dose on Tuesday)

352
Total new cases in city on Tuesday