MUMBAI: Covid’s downward graph in Maharashtra continued with the daily tally dropping to 1,338 on Friday. In Mumbai too, the daily tally (330) was under 400 for the second consecutive day.
In Maharashtra, the weekly tally between October 23 and 29 stood at 9,451, as against 11,421 in the preceding week.
In the corresponding period, Mumbai’s weekly caseload dropped from 2,679 to 2,481. Covid fatalities in the state and city have also been consistent. With the addition of 1,338 cases and 36 deaths on Friday, the total caseload of the state rose to 66.09 lakh and deaths stood at 1,40,170. Mumbai’s tally also rose to 7.56 lakh and deaths increased to 16,241.
“Although the city registered a rise in cases in September after restrictions on travel were eased on August 16, the weekly caseload has been falling every consecutive week since October 11,”' said BMC additional commissioner Suresh Kakani.
The weekly caseload was 3,224 in the period between October 4 and 10.
State government officials said that the second wave had ebbed, all Covid1-9 parameters were under control and nearly 80% of the new detected cases do not need to be hospitalised as they are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic and can be treated in home isolation.
