MUMBAI: After registering only five deaths on Monday, the daily toll in Maharashtra rose to 19, according to the state government’s Covid-19 update. The daily tally also increased from 518 to 699 in the same period. However, health officials said that such fluctuations are not statistically significant and the second Covid wave has completely declined.
In Mumbai, the Covid-19 graph has been steady between 150 and 250 in the last few weeks. On Tuesday, the city registered 189 cases and only one death. The daily test positivity rate in the city was 0.6% with the positivity rate for rapid antigen test close to zero. At the moment, only 29,719 people are in home quarantine as against almost thrice the number in September. The number of active cases in both Mumbai (1,668) and Maharashtra (6,445) continued to drop. Except for Mumbai (323) and Pune (187) regions, the other regions of the state registered cases in double digits.
Meanwhile, a 71-year-old inmate from Matoshri old age home in Bhiwandi’s Sorgon succumbed to Covid-19 at a civil hospital on Monday night. The senior citizen was among the 79 who tested positive for Covid-19 last week. “The patient was comorbid and was in the ICU,” said a civil surgeon.
