Mumbai registers less than 300 Covid-19 cases again

City reports a drop in fatalities too; Maharashtra sees 4,869 fresh infections and 90 fatalities

Mumbai registers less than 300 Covid-19 cases again

A BMC health worker checks a passenger at Dadar station on Monday. Pic/Ashish Raje

Mumbai saw 259 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, the lowest in the second wave, and deaths in a single digit. On July 26 also, cases had dipped below 300. As per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) report, nine deaths were reported in the city on Monday. The state saw 4,869 cases and 90 deaths.

The city’s test positivity rate also fell below 1 per cent for the second time in the second wave and was 0.96% on Monday. On July 29 the TPR was 0.96%, also the lowest in the second wave. After registering TPR above 2 last June 27, the city’s TPR had remained below 2.

There has been a steady fall in the TPR after May 5 when the TPR was recorded at 10.96 per cent. The doubling rate improved and was 1,500 days on Monday.

Of the city’s deaths, all 9 patients had comorbidities, 6 deaths were in the age group over 60 and 2 deaths were reported between 40-60 years of age. The city’s recovery rate remained constant at 97 per cent as 391 people recovered and were discharged on Monday.

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The state’s new Covid-19 cases saw a significant dip as 4,869 cases were reported on Monday. The state’s Covid-19 fatalities also saw a drop as 90 deaths were reported on Monday.

The state’s case fatality rate remained constant at 2.1 per cent as 8,429 people recovered and got discharged on Monday. Currently the state has 75,303 active cases.

MMR saw 730 new cases including those in Mumbai. Apart from Mumbai, Raigad with 111 reported the maximum new cases in MMR followed by Panvel with 77 cases.

Navi Mumbai reported 37 new cases while Thane saw 48 cases and Vasai-Virar reported 28 new cases each on Monday.

MMR, excluding Mumbai, registered 6 Covid-19 fatalities on Monday. Navi Mumbai saw 3 deaths, highest after Mumbai. Vasai-Virar, Thane and Kalyan-Dombivli reported one death each.

63,15,063
Tal no. of cases in Maharashtra

471
Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours

9
No. of deaths in city on Monday (all 9 patients had comorbidities, 6 deaths were in the age group over 60 and 2 deaths were reported between 40-60 years of age)

391
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Monday

55,04,338
(Total no. of people administered the first vaccine dose)

17,97,026
(No. of people who have taken their second vaccine dose so far)

51,881
(No. of people who took their first vaccine dose on Monday)

25,630
(No. of people who took their second vaccine dose on Monday)

259
Total new cases in Mumbai city on Monday

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