Mumbai sees 26 Covid-19 cases; toll unchanged for 6th day

Mumbai on Tuesday reported 26 COVID19 cases adding less than 30 cases to the tally for the third consecutive day while the death toll remained unchanged for the sixth day in a row a civic official saidThe metropolisrsquo tally stands at 1057615 and the toll is 16693 he saidThe city added 28 cases on Monday and 27 on Sunday while the addition has been less than 100 since March 2 this year the official pointed outHe also said the death toll remained unchanged for 20 out of 22 days in MarchThe discharge of 49 people in the past 24 hours has taken the recovery count to 1037762 which is 98 per cent of the caseload leaving Mumbai with an active tally of 275 the official informedWith 9968 samples examined in the last 24 hours the second consecutive day when this figure was less than 10000 the overall number of tests in the countryrsquos financial capital was 16511721 civic data showedIt also showed that the positivity rate or cases detected per 100 tests stood at 0002 per cent and the caseload doubling time was 20720 daysMeanwhile Maharashtra did not report any death due to COVID19 on Tuesday for the second day in a row while 156 people tested positive for the infection and 269 others were discharged following recovery the state health department saidWith this the overall COVID19 count in the state rose to 7872668 and the death toll remain unchanged at 143767 the department said in a bulletinOn Monday the state had logged 99 cases but no death linked to the infection In Maharashtra 18 districts and 17 municipal corporations did not report any fresh cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hoursAs per the bulletin the number of recoveries increased to 7723737 after 269 patients were discharged during the day leaving the state with 1159 active casesThe case fatality rate in the state was 182 per cent while the recovery rate stood at 9811 per centWith 38550 new tests conducted in the last 24 hours the number of swab samples examined so far in Maharashtra rose to 79025520 bulletin said7872668 Total No of cases in maharashtra34 Total no of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours0 No of deaths in city on tuesday49 patients Recovered and discharged in city on tuesday10630528 Total no of people administered the first dose9312502 No of people who have taken second dose so far2795 No of people who took first dose on tuesday9338 No of people who took second dose on tuesday377542 Total no of booster doses administered so far3996 No of booster Doses administered on tuesdayThis 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