Covid-19: Mumbai reports 98 cases; active tally at 415

Mumbai on Wednesday saw an increase in COVID19 cases with the addition of 98 new infections that took the tally up to 1058982 an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC saidThe toll however remained unchanged at 19562 as no fresh fatalities were reported during the day the official saidThe city has been witnessing a rise in infections over the last couple of days after it recorded 83 and 34 cases on Tuesday and Monday respectivelyAs per the bulletin issued by the civic body of the latest cases 96 patients were asymptomatic and none of the infected persons have been admitted to hospitalsAt least 9514 swab samples were tested in the last 24 hours taking the total number of COVID19 tests conducted so far to 16808907 it was stated With the positivity rate at 0010 per cent and recovery rate at 98 per cent the city currently has 415 active cases the bulletin statedThe count of recoveries has reached 1039005 as 73 patients were discharged from hospitals it saidMeanwhile Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded 162 fresh coronavirus cases more than half of them in Mumbai alone while no new death linked to the infection was registered in the state the health department saidWith this the statersquos overall COVID19 tally rose to 7876203 while the death toll remained unchanged at 147830 On Tuesday the state recorded 137 cases and three deaths linked to the diseaseSindhudurg Sangli Nandurbar Jalgaon Jalna Parbhani Hingoli Nanded Osmanabad Washim Buldhana Yavatmal Wardha and Bhandara districts have zero active cases the department said in a bulletinThe health department said 132 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours taking their cumulative count to 7727683 and leaving the state with 690 active COVID19 casesThe coronavirus recovery rate in the state stood at 9811 per cent while the fatality rate was 187 per centThe department said 26157 coronavirus tests were conducted in the last 24 hours taking their cumulative tally to 79939632 7876203 Total No of cases in Maharashtra111 Total no of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours0 No of deaths in city on Wednesday73 patients Recovered and discharged in city on WednesdayThis 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