Mumbai presently has 283 active cases and has recorded a recovery rate of COVID-19 is 98 per cent, he said, adding that the positivity rate of the city is at 0.003 per cent
A woman is being administered with COVID vaccine at BYL Nair Hospital, on Monday. Pic/Ashish Raje
Mumbai on Wednesday recorded 51 new cases of coronavirus, taking the tally of infections to 10,58,236, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said.
ADVERTISEMENT
This is the second day in a row that the city has logged over 50 cases. At least 56 infections were recorded on Tuesday.
At least 38 patients were discharged from hospitals, while no fresh casualties were reported during the day, raising the count of recoveries to 10,38,394 and toll remained steady at 19,559, the official said.
Mumbai presently has 283 active cases and has recorded a recovery rate of COVID-19 is 98 per cent, he said, adding that the positivity rate of the city is at 0.003 per cent.
As many as 14,655 COVID-19 swab samples were tested in the city in the last 24 hours taking the total number of tests conducted to 1,66,82,848, the official said.
The current doubling rate in the city is at 18,284 days, while the overall growth rate of cases between March 30 to April 5 is 0.004 per cent, it was stated. As per the civic bulletin, 47 of 51 new cases were asymptomatic and only four patients were hospitalised. Only 22 of the total 26,151 hospital beds are occupied in the city.
On January 7, Mumbai had reported the highest ever 20,971 cases during the third wave, which according to municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal was started from December 21, 2021.
Mumbai had reported the highest 11,163 daily cases on April 4 2021, while the highest 90 fatalities were witnessed on May 1 last year.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Wednesday has recorded 108 new COVID cases and 7 deaths. With the new addition, state’s COVID tally stands at 78,74,690, while the toll is 1,47,800. The case fatality rate is 1.87 per cent. There were 106 patients discharged in the past 24 hours across state, taking the total number of discharged patients to 77,26,025. State now has 865 active patients.
78,74,690 Total No. of cases in maharashtra
59 Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours
0 No. of deaths in city on wednesday
38 Patients Recovered and discharged in city on wednesday
This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest news!" Click here!
