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COVID-19: Daily cases spike in Mumbai again
Updated On: 14 January, 2021 07:23 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Officials attribute the jump in the number of fresh infections in the city to increase in testing; state confirms 70 more casualties
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation health workers conduct antigen tests for COVID-19 at Dadar railway station on Wednesday. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi
Mumbai on Wednesday registered a spike in COVID-19 cases, which the officials attributed to an increase in testing to detect the novel Coronavirus. State health officials confirmed 3,556 fresh infections across Maharashtra, including more than 600 in the city.
On Wednesday, more than 15,000 tests for detection for COVID-19 were conducted across the city, way above the average of 13,000 over the past few days. This led to an increase in daily fresh cases to 675 from 473 on Tuesday.
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