With the second wave of the pandemic hitting hard, the city has seen a rapid rise in the number of COVID-19 deaths over the past two months, but what still remains a positive development is that the ratio of deaths to positive cases continues to be quite low, indicating that the situation is still under control. According to the state government’s data, Mumbai reported 118 deaths in the month of February, but the same figure shot up to 704 from April 1 till April 19.

A patient waits outside the Dahisar jumbo COVID centre as beds are not available. File pic