Over the past few days, Covid cases in Mumbai have been hovering around the 250 to 290 mark. On Friday, the city reported 299 new cases out of 10,814 samples tested. The test positivity rate stood at 2.76 per cent. One person lost his life to the disease. On Friday, out of 299 fresh cases, 20 patients need hospitalisation and five are put on oxygen support. The total Covid tally is now 11,22,408. 

Currently, there are 1,871 active patients in Mumbai, out of which 222 are being treated in hospitals and 28 patients are on oxygen support. The city reported one death in the past 24 hours. As per the BMC officials, a 44-year-old man suffering from another ailment lost his life. The total death count due to Covid stood at 19,637. In the past 24 hours, 364 patients recovered from Covid after which the total recovery count reached 11,00,900.