The test positivity rate in the city dropped to 10.64 per cent on Wednesday as opposed to around 12 per cent recorded over the past few days. Of the 14,129 samples tested, 1,504 came positive. Mumbai also reported three deaths due to the infection. 

Of the new cases, 65 patients needed hospitalisation including 18 requiring oxygen support. With this, the total COVID tally of the financial capital has reached 11,11,227 and the active case count stood at 11,844. As on Wednesday, 681 patients were undergoing treatment at hospitals while the rest were in isolation at home or institutional quarantine.