So far, 10,36,897 people, or 98 per cent of the caseload, have been discharged post-recovery, including 72 during the day, leaving Mumbai with an active tally of 484, he said
Health workers conduct tests at LTT on Sunday. Pic/Shadab Khan
Mumbai on Monday recorded 38 COVID-19 cases, which took the tally to 10,56,956, while the death toll remained unchanged at 16,692, a civic official said.
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The dip comes a day after just 46 cases were recorded, the first time the daily addition to the tally in the metropolis had gone below 50 since April 2020.
So far, 10,36,897 people, or 98 per cent of the caseload, have been discharged post-recovery, including 72 during the day, leaving Mumbai with an active tally of 484, he said.
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation data showed that 8,193 samples were examined in the last 24 hours, which took the number of tests to 1,63,03,924.
It also revealed that the city did not have any sealed building or containment zone at present.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Monday reported 225 coronavirus cases, the lowest after April 18, 2020, and zero fatality, a health official said.
With the fresh infections, the state’s COVID-19 tally reached 78,69,038 and the toll to 1,43,740.
On March 2 also Maharashtra had reported zero fatalities due to COVID-19.
The state had recorded 362 coronavirus cases and three fatalities on Sunday.
“Maharashtra reported 225 daily COID-19 cases today, lowest since April 18, 2020, and zero fatalities,” Maharashtra health surveillance officer Dr Pradip Awate said.
Maharashtra is now left with 3,742 active cases.
The total number of recoveries post COVID-19 infection in the state now stands at 77,17,823. The recovery rate in the state is 98.08 per cent, while the case fatality rate is 1.82 per cent, the state health department said.
Mumbai recorded 38 new cases and Pune city 29.
Of the eight administrative circles in Maharashtra, Pune recorded 68 cases, followed by Mumbai (59), Nashik (53), Nagpur (13), Aurangabad and Latur (nine), Kolhapur (eight), and Akola (six). With 32,854 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, the total number of samples examined so far in Maharashtra has gone up to 7,83,14,109.
78,69,038 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 monday
72 patients Recovered and discharged in city on monday
10,611,614 (Total no. of people administered the first dose)
9,288,393 (No. of people who have taken second dose so far)
1,791 (No. of people who took first dose on monday)
17,858 (No. of people who took second dose on monday)
3,48,637 Total no. of booster doses administered so far
2,306 No. of booster Doses administered on monday
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