Covid-19: Mumbai reports 1,956 cases, TRP at 12.7 per cent

Mumbai on Friday reported 1956 new COVID19 cases highest daily rise in infections since January 23 but no new death a civic official saidThe case tally in the financial capital rose to 1077199 a civic official said The death toll stood unchanged at 19570 The number of active cases rose from 7898 a day earlier to 9191 on FridayOn Thursday Mumbai had reported 1702 new casesThe positivity rate or cases detected per 100 tests also went above the 10 per cent mark and stood at 1274 per cent It was 964 per cent on ThursdayThe recovery count increased by 763 in the past 24 hours to reach 1048438 the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official saidIn the first 10 days of June the city reported almost double the number of cases it had reported in entire May Between June 1 to 10 the metropolis reported 11397 COVID19 cases while in May it had added only 5979 casesThe city reported four deaths in the first 10 days of June against three deaths in MayOn Friday 15346 tests were carried out in the city taking the tally of tests conducted so far to 17260172 A day before 17648 tests were carried out in the cityOut of 1956 new patients 1873 were asymptomatic and 83 symptomatic patients have been admitted in hospitals Of these only three patients are on oxygen support the BMC saidOf the 24943 beds for COVID19 patients in the city only 369 beds are occupiedAfter the discharge of 763 recovered patients in the last 24 hours the number of recovered patients climbed to 1048438Overall growth rate of cases in Mumbai was 0107 per cent for the period between June 3 to 9 and the caseload doubling rate is 642 daysMeanwhile Maharashtra on Friday recorded 3081 new cases highest in nearly four months but zero pandemicrelated deaths the state health department saidOn Thursday the state had recorded 2813 new cases and one death Fridayrsquos rise in cases was the highest since February 13 when the state had recorded 3502 casesThe number of active cases in Maharashtra now stands at 13329 Only Gondia district has zero active cases The statersquos COVID19 case tally rose to 7904709 and the death toll remained unchanged at 147867As many as 1323 patients recovered taking the total of recovered patients to 7743513The recovery rate in the state is 9796 per cent The case fatality rate is 187 per centAs many as 40822 tests were carried out in the state since Thursday evening taking the tally of tests conducted so far to 812375447904709 Total No of cases in maharashtra2731 Total no of cases in MMR in the last 24 hours0 No of deaths in city on Friday763 Patients Recovered and discharged in city on FridayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever