Mumbai sees 38 Covid cases; 1 death; active tally now is 248

A student being administered with Covid vaccine at BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai Central on Thursday. Pic/Ashish Raje

Mumbai on Friday reported 38 Covid-19 cases and one death, which took place after a gap of eight days, taking the tally here to 10,57,753 and the toll to 16,694, a civic official said. This is the third death caused by the infection this month, the earlier ones coming on March 6 and March 16, he pointed out.

Incidentally, the city had reported 54 cases on Thursday, though the addition to the tally has been below the 100-mark since March 2 this year. The recovery count increased by 47 to touch 10,37,926, which is 98 per cent of the caseload, leaving the country's financial capital with an active tally of 248, he said.

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation data showed that 11,839 tests in the last 24 hours had taken the number of samples examined so far to 1,65,50,970. It also showed that the positivity rate stood at 0.003 per cent, the overall growth rate of cases between March 18 and 24 was 0.004 per cent, while the caseload doubling time was 19,792 days. On January 7, Mumbai had reported a record 20,971 cases, while the highest number of deaths, at 90, was recorded on May 1 last year.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Friday recorded 2 fatalities and 279 new cases. With the addition, the state's coronavirus positive tally rose to 78,73,231and toll to 1,47,779. The active cases in state are now 892. A total of 346 patients were discharged in the state in the last 24 hours. The recovery rate is 98.11 per cent, while case fatality rate of state is 1.87 per cent.

78,73,231
Total no of cases in Maharashtra

183
Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours

1
No. of deaths in city on Friday

47
Patients Recovered and discharged in city on Friday

1,06,43,429
(Total no. of people administered the first dose)

94,36,769
(No. of people who have taken second dose so far)

7,140
(No. of people who took first dose on on Friday)

7,137
(No. of people who took second dose on on Friday)

3,87,736
Total no of booster doses administered so far

3,005
No of booster Doses administered on on Friday

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