A day after reporting 2,116 coronavirus positive cases, Mumbai's daily case count dipped below 2,000 on Thursday, although the number of deaths remained high at 68, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

The city recorded 1,946 new cases during the day, which took its caseload to 6,84,048, while the fresh fatalities pushed the death toll to 14,076, it said. This is the third time this week that Mumbai's daily infection count has remained below the 2,000-mark.