Mumbai did not record any fresh death linked to Covid-19 for the third day in a row, while 259 more people tested positive for the infection and the active tally dropped below the 2,000-mark, the city civic body said.

With this, the overall tally of coronavirus infections jumped to 10,54,991, while the death toll remained unchanged at 16,685, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) bulletin said. Since Tuesday, Mumbai has logged zero coronavirus-linked fatalities. Prior to it on January 2, 2022, the city has witnessed zero deaths during the third wave of the pandemic. For the fourth consecutive day, the financial capital has registered less than 300 new Covid-19 cases. However, the daily cases have gone up on all these days compared to the previous day. On Wednesday, the city had recorded 255 cases.