Mumbai’s fresh Covid-19 cases rise significantly to 279

A BMC health worker tests a passenger at Dadar station. Pic/Ashish Raje

The city witnessed a marginal rise in the Covid test positivity rate (TPR) on Tuesday but it remained below 1 per cent. It also reported a significant rise in daily cases but saw only one death due to the infection. As per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) report, 279 new cases were reported and the TPR was 0.88 per cent. On Saturday, the new cases were 176 and TPR 0.69 per cent. The deceased had comorbidities and was above 60 years of age.

The doubling rate improved to 2,245 days on Tuesday. The city's recovery rate remained constant at 97 per cent as 313 people were discharged after full recovery on Tuesday. The state saw a significant rise in both new cases and Covid fatalities. As per the state health department report, 982 cases were reported along with 27 deaths.

Maharashtra's case fatality rate remained constant at 2.12 per cent as 1,293 people were discharged after full recovery on Tuesday. Currently the state has 13,311 active cases. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) also saw a marginal rise in new cases. As per the state report, 460 cases were reported in the MMR, including the ones from Mumbai.

After Mumbai, the Thane Municipal Corporation reported the maximum number of daily cases in the MMR at 39, followed by Panvel, which reported 30 cases. While Kalyan-Dombivili Corporation reported 22 cases, 20 cases were registered in Navi Mumbai. The MMR, excluding Mumbai, registered one death in Thane.

66,19,329
Total no. of cases in Maharashtra

460
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)

313
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Tuesday

89,79,181
(Total no. of people administered the first dose)

55,43,879
(No. of people who have taken second dose so far)

49,445
(No. of people who took first dose on Tuesday)

73,917
(No. of people who took second dose on Tuesday)