The city's civic chief Iqbal Singh Chahal has ordered nine of the 24 wards to conduct 1,000 COVID-19 tests daily and the rest have been given a target of 400. Both targets are to be equally divided between antigen and RT-PCR tests. The order was given during a recent meeting with ward officials over video call.

Mumbai's Test Positivity Rate (TPR) improved to 11.86 per cent in August from 18 per cent in July and 28 per cent in June. While the World Health Organization's (WHO) recommended TPR is below 5 per cent, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recommended that it be below 10 per cent.