Mumbai&rsquo;S test positivity rate (TPR) saw a marginal dip but remained above 1 on Tuesday along with a marginal dip in COVID-19 fatalities. However, the city saw a rise in number of new cases. As per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) report, 367 new cases were reported on Tuesday along with five deaths.&nbsp;
The TPR was 1.28per cent. On August 19, the city recorded the second wave&rsquo;s lowest TPR at 0.53per cent after which the graph has been gradually going up. &nbsp;
All the five deceased had comorbidities and were above 60 years of age. The doubling rate continued to improve for the second consecutive &nbsp;day and was at 1,286 days on Tuesday.
The city&rsquo;s recovery rate remained constant at 97 per cent as 408 people recovered and were discharged on Tuesday.&nbsp;
The state&rsquo;s COVID-19 cases saw a significant rise on Tuesday as they went above 3,000. As per the state health department report, 3,530 cases were reported. The state also saw a significant rise in the number of deaths and saw 52 on Tuesday as per the state report. The state&rsquo;s test positivity rate marginally improved and was 11.57 per cent while the recovery rate was 97.06 per cent.&nbsp;
The state&rsquo;s case fatality rate remained constant at 2.12 per cent as 3,685 people recovered and got discharged on Tuesday. Currently the state has 49,671 active cases.&nbsp; The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) witnessed a significant dip in new cases on Tuesday. &nbsp;As per the state report, 724 cases were reported in the MMR including cases from Mumbai.&nbsp;
Apart from Mumbai, Kalyan-Dombivli saw 66 cases, followed by Raigad which registered 59 cases. Navi Mumbai registered 52 cases while Thane had 38 cases. Vasai-Virar saw 20 and Mira-Bhayandar reported 15 cases. &nbsp;MMR, excluding Mumbai, registered 7 COVID-19 fatalities on Tuesday. While Panvel registered three deaths, highest in MMR after Mumbai, Raigad had two deaths. &nbsp;Navi Mumbai and Vasai-Virar had one death each.&nbsp; &nbsp;

The doubling rate continued to improve for the second consecutive  day and was at 1,286 days on Tuesday

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