Updated On: 17 July, 2021 07:26 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Cases crossed 600 on Wednesday, triggering alarm; TPR down to 1.26 per cent on Friday

A beneficiary receives a Covid vaccine at Nair hospital on Friday. Pic/Suresh Karkera
Two days after the city reported over 600 Covid cases, sending the alarm bells ringing, daily infections came down to 446 on Friday. While the test positivity rate dropped to 1.26 per cent, the virus claimed 11 lives. Across Maharashtra, over 7,000 new cases and 167 deaths were reported. But cases are still higher in the Kolhapur and Satara belt.
As per civic data, daily cases returned to “normal” even after conducting more than 35,000 cases. The city’s TPR has moved downwards after touching 2 per cent on June 27. During the second wave, it was 10.96 per cent on May 5.