The number of Covid-19 cases in Mumbai has risen from a daily average of four patients in the first half of February, to 12 patients in March. Doctors said this is due to climatic changes.

Though there were waves of Covid in a few parts of the world, the country experienced the lowest number of cases in January. The number further decreased in February. In Mumbai, in the first half of February, from Feb 1 to 14, there were a total of 47 cases registered with an average of less than 4 cases daily. During the second half of the month, from Feb 15 to 28, the number increased to 82 with an average of 6 cases per day.