MUMBAI: The state added 11,877 Covid-19 cases on Sunday, a jump of 29% from the previous day (9,170). The city logged 7,792 infections, an increase of 26% over the 6,186 cases on Saturday. Cases have been surging every day for about two weeks, except last Monday—mainly due to weekend phenomenon of fewer testing on Sundays.
The state reported nine fatalities while the city had zero deaths. The total cases in the state rose to 67 lakh. The city tally increased to 7.98 lakh.
While the state’s active cases surged to 42,024, city’s count touched 29,819—a whopping 1,300% jump from December 20 (2,061), the day Mumbai started to see the third wave surge.
Mumbai also saw 503 hospitalisations on Sunday, up from 389 on Saturday and 497 on Friday. Out of 503 hospitalisations, 56 patients had to be started on oxygen support.
The Omicron count reached 510 in the state with 50 new infections. The city and Thane reported a new case each. Pune city confirmed 36 cases, Pimpri-Chinchwad had eight, and Pune (rural) and Sangli reported two each.
In new protocol, districts can reduce the isolation period of Covid-19 positive healthcare workers from seven days to five days during staff shortage if they are asymptomatic and fully vaccinated.
