Mumbai on Friday reported 38 Covid-19 cases and one death, which took place after a gap of eight days, taking the tally here to 10,57,753 and the toll to 16,694, a civic official said. This is the third death caused by the infection this month, the earlier ones coming on March 6 and March 16, he pointed out.

Incidentally, the city had reported 54 cases on Thursday, though the addition to the tally has been below the 100-mark since March 2 this year. The recovery count increased by 47 to touch 10,37,926, which is 98 per cent of the caseload, leaving the country’s financial capital with an active tally of 248, he said.