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COVID-19: Mumbai's doubling rate falls further to 58 days
Updated On: 12 September, 2020 07:26 AM IST | Mumbai | A correspondent
state crosses 10 lakh COVID-19 cases with 24.8k on Friday, 14,308 patients discharged

Residents of Dahisar being tested on Friday. Pic/Satej Shinde
With the highest daily count of close to 25,000 cases, the state crossed 10 lakh COVID-19 cases on Friday. The number of COVID cases in Mumbai continued to remain high, as 2,191 cases were reported in a single day on Friday with another 44 COVID-related deaths. State health department officials reported that among the fresh cases — 24,886 — Pune led with 3,922 cases, followed by Nagpur with 2,304 cases.
Other places with a high daily count include Mumbai with 2,191 cases, Nashik with 1,679 cases and Pimpri Chinchwad with 1,286 cases. In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, while Thane has 842 cases, Kalyan Dombivali had 623 cases while other districts reported less than 400 cases each.
The state's recovery rate continued to drop to 70.4 per cent and while 14,308 patients were discharged from the state, 1,132 patients were discharged from Mumbai after a full recovery. While Mumbai's recovery rate dipped to 78 per cent, the doubling rate further fell down to 58 days. Among the COVID patients who are being treated, while more than 72,000 are in Pune, 28,688 are in Thane and 27,642 are in Mumbai. The mortality rate of the state dropped marginally to 2.83 per cent and till date, there have been 28,724 COVID-related deaths.
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