MUMBAI SEES LOWEST 1-DAY SPIKE IN CASES IN 56 DAYS

MUMBAI: Maharashtra on Tuesday recorded 5,134 Covid-19 cases, taking its tally to 217, 121, as Mumbai recorded its lowest single-day jump in fresh infections in 56 days with 785 new patients. Mumbai’s tally is 86,509, while there are 89,294 active cases in the state after 118,558 patients have recovered. The recovery rate of the state is 56.4%.

The state also reported 224 fatalities in the past 24 hours, of which 137 were in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), including 64 in Mumbai. The death toll in Mumbai crossed the 5,000 mark to touch 5,002.

The state toll stands at 9,250. The case fatality rate (CFR) of the state dropped to 4.26% from 4.69% on June 25. The national fatality rate is 2.80%. At present, 6.32 lakh people are home quarantined, while 45,463 are in institutional quarantine. The state, till Tuesday, has conducted 1,161,311 tests and the positivity rate stands at 18.69%. After constantly reporting daily new infections at an average of 1,280 over the past week, the Mumbai new case count dropped to its lowest since 426 cases were reported on May 12. Although Mumbai reported a drop in cases, cases in other cities in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) have witnessed a rise after economic and commercial activities were opened up under Mission Begin Again. Mumbai’s share in the state case tally has dropped to 40.44% on Monday, from 56.58% on June 8, when private offices were allowed to open.

During the period, rest of MMR’S share (eight corporations excluding Mumbai) rose to 29.91% from 18.7%.