Mumbai saw zero Covid-19 deaths for the second time on Saturday since the pandemic broke out last year. The city witnessed zero deaths for the first time on October 17 this year. The city witnessed zero deaths for the first time on October 17 this year. 

However, there was a jump in daily cases as numbers went above 200 on Saturday with a marginal rise in the test positivity rate (TPR). According to the BMC, while the city’s TPR is at 0.57 per cent, 256 new cases were reported on Saturday. The city’s lowest TPR of the second wave was recorded on December 1 at 0.28 per cent.