Mumbai logs 85 new Covid cases, 1 death; active tally at 584

State records 295 new cases, 2 deaths; active tally 1,658

Mumbai logs 85 new Covid cases, 1 death; active tally at 584

A woman takes her shot at Nair hospital. File pic

The city on Wednesday added 85 fresh cases of Covid-19 to its tally and one patient succumbed to the infection, the local civic body said. With these additions, the city’s overall tally rose to 11,54,167, while the death toll increased to 19,740, said a health bulletin issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

Of the new cases, five patients were hospitalised and one of them was put on oxygen support, bringing the number of patients currently on oxygen support in the metropolis to four. Also, 80 patients recuperated from the illness in the past 24 hours, taking their cumulative count to 11,33,843 and leaving the financial capital with 584 active cases, the bulletin said.

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The civic body carried out 5,165 new tests in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 1,84,62,630, the BMC said. The recovery rate of Mumbai was 98.2 per cent, said the bulletin. Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded 295 new cases and two deaths, while 201 patients recovered in the state, the health department said. The state’s overall COVID-19 tally rose to 81,32,465, while the toll increased to 1,48,389, the department said in a bulletin.

Apart from the one fatality in Mumbai, the other was reported from Pune city. The bulletin added 201 patients recovered in the past 24 hours, taking the cumulative count to 79,82,418 and leaving 1,658 active cases.

81,32,465
Total no of cases in Maharashtra

5,165
No of tests in Mumbai on Wednesday

1
No of deaths in city on Wednesday

80
No of patients recovered and discharged in Mumbai on Wednesday

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