Mumbai reported 1,312 new coronavirus infections and ten fatalities, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a release. It took the caseload in the country's financial capital to 10,43,059, and death toll to 16,591. New cases declined for the tenth straight day.

On January 27, 1,384 new Covid-19 cases and 12 deaths had been reported in Mumbai. Also, the Dharavi area, one of the largest slum sprawls in Asia, recorded zero new cases on Friday after a gap of over a month, officials said.