Mumbai on Thursday recorded 130 new Covid-19 cases, the highest daily rise since February, an official from the BMC said. It took the tally of infections recorded in India’s financial capital to 10,60,317.  With this the city’s daily rise in infections touched the 100-mark for the third day in a row. On Wednesday, Mumbai had reported 117 cases, and 100 cases the day before.

No pandemic-related death was recorded in the city on Thursday, keeping the death toll unchanged at 19,563. The number of recoveries rose to 10,40,072 after 90 patients were discharged from hospitals in the past 24 hours. Of the latest cases, two patients have been hospitalised, but they are not on oxygen support, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said. The city currently has 682 active cases.