The number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the city have been stable at a lower rate for a week now. The city recorded 435 cases and eight deaths on Saturday. Cases across the states are less than 3,000, but number of deaths remains on the higher side.  

The BMC has been conducting more than 15,000 tests per day this week. On Friday, 16,811 tests were conducted. The share of the antigen tests (usually conducted by BMC staff) were 8,100. With 435 positive reports, the Test Positivity Rate (TPR) is at an all time low at 2.6 per cent—the lowest since the outbreak of the pandemic. In June, the TPR was 18 per cent.