Mumbai logs 6032 new COVID-19 cases 12 deaths
Mumbai Jan 19 PTI Mumbai on Wednesday reported 6032 new coronavirus positive cases 117 less as compared to the previous day and 12 fresh fatalities the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC said With this the citys infection tally rose to 1017999 and death toll to 16488 while the recovery count rose to 966985 it said in a bulletin The city witnessed a dip in the number of cases after reporting 6149 cases on Tuesday The daily fatality count however climbed to 12 after seven on Tuesday In the last 24 hours 60291 tests were conducted in the city as against the over 47700 tests on Tuesday The positivity rate dipped to 10 per cent from 2189 per cent The overall test count has reached 14778095 the BMC said Mumbai has 31856 active COVID-19 cases while the case doubling rate is 66 days A total of 18241 patients recovered in the last 24-hours and Mumbais recovery rate stands at 95 per cent Out of the total number of new cases nearly 84 per cent means 5067 cases are asymptomatic Only 538 new patients have been hospitalised while just 103 are on oxygen support the bulletin added It also said that 5058 of the total 38109 hospital beds which is around 133 per cent of the total hospital beds are occupied in the city The overall growth rate of COVID-19 cases in Mumbai is 103 per cent for the period between January 12 and 18 it said As per the bulletin Mumbai has 54 sealed buildings but zero containment zones in slums and chawls Mumbai had logged 20971 daily COVID-19 cases on January 7 2022 the highest since the pandemic broke out in March 2020 Last year Mumbai had reported the highest 11163 daily cases on April 4 while the highest 90 fatalities were witnessed on May 1 PTI KK NP NP
Mumbai Jan 19 PTI Mumbai on Wednesday reported 6032 new coronavirus positive cases 117 less as compared to the previous day and 12 fresh fatalities the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC said With this the citys infection tally rose to 1017999 and death toll to 16488 while the recovery count rose to 966985 it said in a bulletin The city witnessed a dip in the number of cases after reporting 6149 cases on Tuesday The daily fatality count however climbed to 12 after seven on Tuesday In the last 24 hours 60291 tests were conducted in the city as against the over 47700 tests on Tuesday The positivity rate dipped to 10 per cent from 2189 per cent The overall test count has reached 14778095 the BMC said Mumbai has 31856 active COVID-19 cases while the case doubling rate is 66 days A total of 18241 patients recovered in the last 24-hours and Mumbais recovery rate stands at 95 per cent Out of the total number of new cases nearly 84 per cent means 5067 cases are asymptomatic Only 538 new patients have been hospitalised while just 103 are on oxygen support the bulletin added It also said that 5058 of the total 38109 hospital beds which is around 133 per cent of the total hospital beds are occupied in the city The overall growth rate of COVID-19 cases in Mumbai is 103 per cent for the period between January 12 and 18 it said As per the bulletin Mumbai has 54 sealed buildings but zero containment zones in slums and chawls Mumbai had logged 20971 daily COVID-19 cases on January 7 2022 the highest since the pandemic broke out in March 2020 Last year Mumbai had reported the highest 11163 daily cases on April 4 while the highest 90 fatalities were witnessed on May 1 PTI KK NP NP
