MUMBAI: While the daily new Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra hovered around 900, Mumbai reported a jump by adding 321 new cases, the highest in 39 days.
On Sunday, the state reported 902 cases, pushing the cumulative Covid load to 66.49 lakh, and nine deaths to take the death toll to 1,41,349.
Mumbai recorded 321 new cases, the highest since November 10 (339), and two deaths. The city’s overall caseload is now 7.67 lakh and death toll 16,365.
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Suresh Kakani, BMC additional municipal commissioner, said that the slight rise in cases in Mumbai could be due to more foreign travellers testing positive gradually. “Earlier we hardly found any positive cases. Gradually that number started to go up to two and three, now it’s about eight. On Sunday, it was ten,” said Kakani, adding that once foreign returnees come positive, their close contacts too have to be tested. The city is carrying out over 40,000 tests daily, which is over 40% of the total tests done in the state. “However, we don’t think there is anything to be alarmed about,” he said.
Mumbai’s daily positivity rate is around 0.7%; no corresponding rise in hospitalisations have been seen. The Nesco jumbo facility in Goregaon and SevenHills in Andheri, that are admitting maximum patients, continue to see admission in single digits. “On most days, a handful of patients are getting hospitalised and there is no major change in that number,” Kakani said. He, however, cautioned that people shouldn’t let their guard down and continue to wear masks and maintain social distance.
Thane added 39 new cases on Sunday taking the count to 1.42 lakh. The daily positivity ratio of Thane city is 1.7%, officials said.
As many as 36 new cases were reported from Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation’s jurisdiction, taking the total case count to 1,09,914.
In Panvel City Municipal Corporation, 13 positive cases were reported, taking the total to 68,697. The total death toll is 1,369.
