Mumbai reports 124 new Covid-19 cases, no deaths

With 9,196 tests conducted in the past 24 hours, the total of tests carried out increased to 1,69,77,858. Currently, Mumbai has a positivity rate of 0.013 per cent

Mumbai reports 124 new Covid-19 cases, no deaths

A youngster gets a dose of Corbevax at BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai Central on Wednesday. Pic/Ashish Raje

The city on Wednesday recorded 124 new Covid-19 infections and zero pandemic-related deaths, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a release. This is the eighth time this month that Mumbai reported more than 120 new cases. On Tuesday, it had logged 132 new Covid-19 cases and zero fatalities. The Covid-19 case tally of the financial capital of the country rose to 10,61,038, while the death toll remained unchanged at 19,563.

Of the new Covid-19 cases, only two patients were symptomatic and hospitalised. None of them was put on oxygen support, the BMC release said. With 9,196 tests conducted in the past 24 hours, the total of tests carried out increased to 1,69,77,858. Currently, Mumbai has a positivity rate of 0.013 per cent. Only 23 out of 25,249 hospital beds earmarked for Covid-19 patients are occupied.

The number of recovered patients rose to 10,40,624, with 117 patients getting discharged during the day. Currently, the city has 851 active Covid-19 patients. Mumbai’s average recovery rate of Covid-19 patients is 98 per cent, while the overall growth rate of cases was 0.010 per cent between May 4 and 10. The caseload doubling rate is now 6,161 days.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded 221 fresh cases and one new fatality linked to the respiratory disease, the health department said. With this, the state’s overall Covid-19 tally rose to 78,79,843, while the death toll increased to 1,47,850, it said. On Tuesday, the state had recorded 223 cases and two fatalities.

The sole coronavirus-linked death was reported in Thane district, it said. The state’s Covid fatality rate stood at 1.87 per cent. Ratnagiri, Jalgaon, Nandurbar, Latur, Akola, Yavatmal, Bhandara, Gondia and Gadchiroli districts have zero active cases, the department said.

It said 211 patients recovered in the past 24 hours, taking their cumulative count to 77,30,581 and leaving the state with 1,412 active cases. The health department said 30,420 new coronavirus tests were conducted in the state, pushing up the number of swab samples examined so far to 8,04,52,738.

78,79,843
Total no of cases in Maharashtra

152
Total no of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours

0
No of deaths in city on Wednesday

117
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Wednesday

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