Mumbai sees 85 Covid-19 cases, the highest since March 2

On March 2, the number of cases added to the tally was 100, he pointed out

Mumbai on Tuesday reported 85 Covid-19 cases, the highest daily addition to the tally since March 2 and two-and-half times Monday’s figure of 34, a civic official said. It took the tally here to 10,58,884, while the death toll remained unchanged at 19,562. On March 2, the number of cases added to the tally was 100, he pointed out.

All the new cases are asymptomatic, and only 10 of the 26,044 hospital beds earmarked for Covid-19 treatment are currently occupied, the official added. So far, 10,38,932 people have been discharged post recovery, including 52 during the day, leaving the metropolis with an active caseload of 390.

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation data showed that the recovery rate was 98 per cent, the positivity rate stood at 0.009 per cent, the caseload doubling time was 14,040 days and the average case growth rate between April 12 and 18 was 0.005 per cent.

With 9,372 samples being examined in the last 24 hours, the number of tests in Mumbai went up to 1,67,99,393, civic data showed. The city did not have a sealed building or a containment zone as on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 137 Covid-19 cases and three deaths, taking the state’s tally to 78,76,041 and the toll to 1,47,830, an official said.

The addition to the tally was more than double of the 59 cases detected on Monday, when the fatality count was zero. The three deaths comprised two in Pune city and one in Parbhani, he said. So far, 77,27,551 people have been discharged post recovery so far, including 108 in the last 24 hours, leaving the state with an active caseload of 660. State health department data showed that Sindhudurg, Jalgaon, Nandurbar, Dhule, Jalna, Parbhani, Nanded, Osmanabad, Washim, Buldhana, Yavatmal, Bhandara and Wardha had no active case at present.

It also revealed that the fatality count was 1.87 per cent, the recovery rate stood at 98.11 pe cent, and the examination of 28,539 samples in the last 24 hours had taken the overall number of tests in Maharashtra to 7,99,13,475.

78,76,041
Total no of cases in Maharashtra

105
Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours

0
No. of deaths in city on Tuesday

52
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Tuesday

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