The number of new coronavirus cases in Mumbai fell sharply on Monday, to 1,794, the lowest single-day count in nearly two months, according to the city civic body, with 74 patients succumbing to the infection. According to BMC’s updated data, of the financial capital’s overall caseload increased to 6,78,269 and the toll to 13,891 with the addition of 1,794 new coronavirus infections and 74 new fatalities.
For the first time since March 31, the number of daily corona cases in Maharashtra, which has been hit hard by the resurgent pandemic, fell below 40,000 to 37,236. Maharashtra’s cumulative caseload is now 51,38,973, with 549 deaths bringing the total to 76,398, according to the state health department.
On March 31, Maharashtra had recorded 39,544 cases. On May 7, the state recorded 54,022 cases, 53,605 cases on May 8, and 48,401 cases on May 9. 302 of the 549 deaths had occurred in the previous 48 hours. According to the department, 113 people died last week, but 134 people died before that.
According to the department, Maharashtra’s case recovery rate is now 86.97%, with a fatality rate of 1.49 percent. The state currently has 36,70,320 people in home quarantine and 26,664 people in institutional quarantine.]
After a 54-day hiatus, Mumbai has reported less than 2,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day. On March 16, there were 1,922 new cases recorded in the city. In addition, Mumbai’s daily COVID-19 case count remained below 4,000 for the tenth day in a row, despite the number of fatalities fluctuating between 62 and 90 during the time.
Over the holiday, there could have been fewer coronavirus samples, which may have resulted in a substantial reduction in the number of new infections. The BMC reports that 23,061 COVID-19 experiments were performed in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of samples tested to 57,33,431.
In comparison to Sunday, when it recorded 2,403 cases and 68 fatalities, Mumbai reported 609 fewer new infections but half a dozen more fatalities. The number of active COVID-19 cases in Mumbai has decreased to 45,534, according to the BMC.
According to the BMC, the city’s overall COVID-19 case growth rate between May 3 and May 9 was 0.41 percent, with a case doubling rate of 163 days. Mumbai has 87 functioning containment zones in slums and ‘chawls’ (old row tenements), according to the civic body, and 493 buildings have been sealed after a certain percentage of their occupants tested positive for coronavirus.
