COVID-19: After five days, less than 400 cases reported in Mumbai
The financial capital on Monday reported 379 fresh coronavirus positive cases and five deaths, while 417 patients recovered, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said.
He said the new additions took the number of infections in Mumbai to 7,46,725, the death toll to 15,998 and the number of recoveries to 7,24,494.
Daily COVID-19 cases in Mumbai remained above 400 since September 1, but after a gap of five days, Mumbai reported less than 400 infections on Monday. Mumbai had recorded 496 cases and two deaths a day earlier.
The lower number of daily COVID-19 tests compared to Sunday could be the reason for the fall in cases when 43,117 tests were conducted in the metropolis.
“A total of 31,577 COVID-19 tests were conducted in Mumbai in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of samples tested so far to 94,64,536,” the official said.
He said that Mumbai is now left with 3,771 active COVID-19 cases. Mumbai has been witnessing a steady rise in COVID-19 infections after registering 190 cases on 16 August, which is the lowest since April 2020.
Currently, Mumbai has 44 sealed buildings with zero containment zones in slums and chawls since mid-August.
Mumbai’s average recovery rate is 97 percent. The average doubling rate of COVID-19 cases has come down to 1,290 days. The BMC official said the average growth rate of cases for the period from August 30 to September 5 stood at 0.6 per cent.
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