Covid-19: Mumbai logs 54 cases, zero deaths

Mumbai recorded 54 new coronavirus cases on Thursday but no fresh deaths linked to the infection while 73 more patients were discharged following recovery the city civic body saidWith this the tally of Covid19 cases jumped to 1057715 while the death toll remain unchanged at 16693 said a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC bulletinThe financial capitalrsquos daily Covid19 cases had been below 100 since March 2 2022 but they are showing an uptrend since the past two days A day ago the daily Covid19 cases in the city rose to 46 from 28 on Tuesday The city has logged zero Covid19 deaths for the eighth day in a row Significantly on 22 out of 24 days in March so far the financial capital has recorded zero Covid19 fatalitiesIn the last 24 hours 15456 Covid19 tests were carried out in the city taking their cumulative tally to 16539131 the bulletin said The coronavirus positivity rate of Mumbai or cases detected per 100 tests was 0003 per cent while the recovery rate stood at 98 per cent it said With 73 more patients recovering in the last 24 hours the number of discharged cases jumped to 1037879 leaving the city with 258 active cases the BMC saidThe case doubling rate of Mumbai was 21865 days while the growth rate of Covid19 between March 17 and 23 stood at 0003 per cent the bulletin said Meanwhile Maharashtra on Thursday reported 139 new coronavirus cases and three fresh fatalities linked to the disease while 255 more patients were discharged following recovery bringing the active tally below 1000 the state health department saidWith this the tally of Covid19 cases in the state rose to 7872956 while the death toll increased to 143772 a heath department bulletin said On Wednesday the state had logged 149 coronavirus cases and two fatalities The Kolhapur administrative circle that includes Sindhudurg Ratnagiri Sangli and Kolhapur districts did not report any new coronavirus infection7872956Total no of cases in Maharashtra72Total no of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours73Patients recovered and discharged in city on Thursday10636413Total no of people administered the first dose9429731No of people who have taken second dose so far3203No of people who took first dose on on Thursday8535No of people who took second dose on on Thursday384794Total no of booster doses administered so far3501No of booster Doses administered on on ThursdayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever