After witnessing a significant drop in the test positivity rate (TPR) on Sunday at 0.78 per cent, Mumbai saw the figure jump to 1 per cent on Monday. The daily Covid-19 cases, however, declined to 334 and fatalities remained constant at two, according to the BMC’s latest report. Both the patients who succumbed to the respiratory disease were senior citizens and had comorbidities.

The city recorded the second wave’s lowest TPR at 0.53 per cent on August 19, and after that the graph started gradually going up. On Sunday, the BMC had confirmed 388 fresh infections. The doubling rate has continued to deteriorate and was recorded at 1,577 days on Monday.  The Covid-19 recovery rate in the city remained constant at 97 per cent, and 310 more patients recovered and were discharged.