MUMBAI: While the daily detections reported a decline, Covid-19 fatalities reported an increase in the state on Thursday.
Cases and fatalities in Mumbai also reported a slight increase. The state added 877 cases and 19 deaths on Thursday taking the total caseload to 66.46 lakh, while deaths rose to 1,41,317. A day after reporting zero Covid deaths, the city added 272 cases and two deaths. The state has 6,693 active cases, of which 1873 are in Mumbai
Suresh Kakani, BMC’s additional municipal commissioner, said that daily testing has been increased in the city so that cases can be detected early. On Thursday, 42,524 tests were carried out, of which 279 positive cases were detected.
“Our positivity rate now is less than 1% (0.6%). We are closely monitoring it. It is important that people come to us with the slightest of symptoms and get tested early,” he said, adding that the deaths were mostly observed in elderly patients with co-morbidities.
