MUMBAI: The daily count of Covid-19 cases registered a slight increase in Maharashtra and Mumbai as testing numbers increased with the surveillance programme for the Omicron variant being ramped up on orders of the state authorities.
In Mumbai, 40,703 tests were conducted to detect 213 cases of Covid-19, according to the public health updates made available by authorities on Saturday. In the state, 782 cases – an increase from 664 cases on Friday – were detected from 1.2 lakh tests that were conducted across the various districts.
The number of active cases in the state continued to decline. The state now has 7,129 active cases, including 1,797 in Mumbai, showed data provided by authorities. The state registered 14 deaths due to Covid-19, including four in Mumbai.
“It can be said that the Delta wave is behind us, and genomic studies are needed to check if the Omicron variant will rise over the next few weeks,” said Dr Shashank Joshi, a member of the state government’s task force on Covid-19.
