Covid-19: Mumbai sees less than 100 cases on second consecutive day

Of the 93 new cases, 91 were asymptomatic, while the two admitted in hospitals did not need oxygen support, the civic official added

Covid-19: Mumbai sees less than 100 cases on second consecutive day

A beneficiary gets the COVID-19 vaccine at BYL Nair Hospital on Friday. Pic/Ashish Raje

Mumbai on Friday reported 93 COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 10,59,728, while the death toll remained unchanged at 19,562, a civic official said.

It was the second consecutive day when the addition to the tally was less than 100, as the metropolis had seen 90 cases on Thursday, while the figures for Tuesday and Wednesday were 102 and 112 respectively, he pointed out.

Of the 93 new cases, 91 were asymptomatic, while the two admitted in hospitals did not need oxygen support, the civic official added.

So far, 10,39,579 persons have been discharged post recovery, including 68 during the day, leaving the country’s financial capital with 562 active cases, he said.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation data showed the recovery rate was 98 per cent, the positivity rate stood at 0.010 per cent, while the caseload doubling time was 9,153 days.

State sees 148 cases, two deaths

Maharashtra reported 148 new coronavirus infections and two pandemic-related fatalities on Friday, which took its caseload to 78,77,577 and death toll to 1,47,842, a health department report said.

The state witnessed a slight dip in new cases as compared to Thursday when it had reported 165 new cases and two fatalities.

There are 979 active COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra now, including 587 in Mumbai and 216 in Pune district.

The tally of recoveries rose to 77, 28,756 with 128 patients recovering from the previous evening.

Maharashtra’s recovery rate is now 98.11 per cent and case fatality rate is 1.87 per cent.

78,77,577 Total No. of cases in maharashtra
104 Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours
0 No. of deaths in city on Friday
68 patients Recovered and discharged in city on Friday

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