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MUMBAI: The state and city recorded a drop in daily COVID-19 tests, while deaths continued to remain in the same range on Thursday.
The state recorded 8,010 new cases and 170 deaths since the pandemic struck here in March last year, taking the caseload to 61.8 lakh and the toll to 1,26,560.
The decline in new cases continued in the city, which recorded only 528 cases. 13 deaths were recorded, taking the death toll in the city to 15,667.
“Despite a large number of tests – 36,568 for Wednesday-Thursday – the daily test positivity rate is less than 1.5% on most days. The positivity rate for rapid antigen tests is close to zero,” said a senior BMC doctor.
The weekly growth rate of cases for the city was 0.07%, but in wards ‘B’ (P Dumello Road) and ‘C’ (Marine Drive), it was 0.03% and 0.04% respectively.
The doubling rate in the city was 948 days, with wards ‘B’ and ‘C’ rates at 2,373 and 1,940, respectively. The worst doubling rate in the city remained in M-West ward for 757 days.
The doubling rate of the state was 502 days and the weekly growth rate of cases in the state was 0.14%.
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