Mumbai on Thursday reported a marginal drop in Covid-19 cases with 1,702 infections, 63 less than the previous day, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. On Wednesday, the city had recorded 1,765 cases. The city’s test positivity rate (TPR) increases to 9.64 per cent, it said.

With the addition, Mumbai’s caseload increased to 10,75,243, while the death toll rose to 19,570 as one patient succumbed to the infection during the day. The city recorded a death linked to Covid-19 after a gap of four days, the civic body said in its bulletin.