The city on Friday reported 202 COVID-19 cases and one death, taking the tally to 10,55,193 and the toll to 16,686, a civic official said. The daily figure remained below the 300-mark for the fifth day in a row, though the lone fatality came after a three-day gap, the official said.

The discharge of 365 people during the day took the recovery count to 10,33,862 and recovery rate to 98 per cent. Active case count stood at 1,780, he said. The data showed that 37,700 samples were tested during the day and the positivity rate was 0.53 per cent. The doubling rate was 2,627 days, while the growth rate of cases between February 11 and 17 stood at 0.03 per cent.