Mumbai on Monday reported 235 COVID-19 cases, its lowest single-day increase since May 25, while the death toll in the metropolis remained unchanged for the third day in a row. A day earlier, 399 cases were registered in the city, a civic official said.
With the new additions, the COVID-19 tally in Mumbai stands at 11,19,030 and the death toll stands at 19,624 as of Monday. The official said that this is the first time since June 8 that there have been no deaths due to infection in Mumbai for three consecutive days.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official said the 235 cases added in Milan were the lowest after 295 cases were reported on May 25. The number of recoveries rose by 431 to 10,95,849 during the day, leaving the metropolis with an active caseload of 3,557, he said.
The official said that out of 235 new cases, only 31 needed hospitalisation. BMC data shows that the recovery rate was 98 per cent and the growth rate of cases between July 2 and 10 was 0.047 per cent.
According to civic data, the caseload doubling time was 1,446 days and the positivity rate stood at 3.58 per cent. total number of coronavirus After testing 6,549 samples, the tests increased to 1,76,36,515.
Officials have said that the number of cases detected on Monday is generally low due to less number of tests conducted in the last 24-hour period. Incidentally, the number of tests conducted in a 24-hour period on Sunday stood at 10,417, BMC data showed.
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