Updated On: 09 June, 2022 07:33 AM IST | Mumbai | Agencies
There were 523 more cases on Wednesday compared to the previous day, when the city had logged 1,242 infections. With this, the metropolis recorded a 42 per cent rise in the number of cases

A beneficiary is vaccinated at the BYL Nair Hospital on Wednesday. Pic/Ashish Raje
Mumbai on Wednesday recorded 1,765 new Covid-19 cases, its highest single day count since January 26, but did not report any fatality linked to the infection, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. There were 523 more cases on Wednesday compared to the previous day, when the city had logged 1,242 infections. With this, the metropolis recorded a 42 per cent rise in the number of cases.
On January 26, Mumbai had seen 1,858 cases and 13 fatalities. With a sharp rise in the daily Covid-19 cases, the active caseload in the city climbed to 7,000, the BMC said in its bulletin. Mumbai’s overall tally of Covid 19 cases increased to 10,73,541 with 1,765 new cases, but the death toll remained unchanged at 19,569 as no death occurred in the last 24 hours, it said.