Mumbai reported 289 new coronavirus infections and nine fresh deaths on Wednesday, while 1,157 patients recovered from the disease, a civic official said.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said with this, the tally of coronavirus infections in the financial capital climbed to 7,38,243 and the death toll to 15,968. For the third day in a row, the new coronavirus infections in the city remained under the 300-mark and this has happened for the fifth time in August so far.