After recording daily COVID-19 cases below 400 for almost two months, the city is once again inching towards the 500 mark with the infections gradually rising. As per a BMC report, Mumbai saw 416 cases on Sunday. While the number of deaths due to the infection dipped to two, the test positivity rate (TPR) saw a marginal rise at 1.15 per cent.

Mumbai's TPR dipped below 1 per cent for the first time in the second wave on July 29. On August 19, the city recorded the second wave’s lowest TPR at 0.53 per cent, after which it started increasing.