Mumbai sees 135 COVID-19 cases 2 deaths active tally now 1315
Mumbai Feb 22 PTI A day after reporting less than 100 COVID-19 cases Mumbai on Tuesday added 135 patients to its tally and recorded two fresh fatalities due to the infection a civic official said The caseload in the metropolis now stands at 1055792 and the COVID-19 death toll is 16690 With 233 being discharged after treatment the count of recoveries went up to 1034914 in Mumbai which was 98 per cent of the tally he said Some 85 per cent or 115 cases of the 135 detected during the day were asymptomatic with just 20 patients requiring hospital admission and eight needing oxygen support in the last 24 hours he said The active tally in the city stood at 1315 and just 781 of the 36248 beds earmarked for COVID-19 treatment are currently occupied the official said Tuesday was the third day in a row when the addition to the tally was less than 200 with Mondays 96 being the lowest since April 2020 just a month after the pandemic began nationwide The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC data showed 20889 tests were carried out in the last 24 hours some 4000 more than those conducted on the previous day taking the overall number of tests here to 16066326 It also showed the positivity rate was 064 per cent and that there was no sealed building or containment zone currently in the countrys financial capital The caseload doubling time stood 3512 days while the growth rate in cases stood at 002 per cent between February 15 and 21 civic data revealed Mumbai had reported a record 20971 cases on January 7 this year amid the third wave of the pandemic PTI KK BNM NSK NSK
Mumbai Feb 22 PTI A day after reporting less than 100 COVID-19 cases Mumbai on Tuesday added 135 patients to its tally and recorded two fresh fatalities due to the infection a civic official said The caseload in the metropolis now stands at 1055792 and the COVID-19 death toll is 16690 With 233 being discharged after treatment the count of recoveries went up to 1034914 in Mumbai which was 98 per cent of the tally he said Some 85 per cent or 115 cases of the 135 detected during the day were asymptomatic with just 20 patients requiring hospital admission and eight needing oxygen support in the last 24 hours he said The active tally in the city stood at 1315 and just 781 of the 36248 beds earmarked for COVID-19 treatment are currently occupied the official said Tuesday was the third day in a row when the addition to the tally was less than 200 with Mondays 96 being the lowest since April 2020 just a month after the pandemic began nationwide The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC data showed 20889 tests were carried out in the last 24 hours some 4000 more than those conducted on the previous day taking the overall number of tests here to 16066326 It also showed the positivity rate was 064 per cent and that there was no sealed building or containment zone currently in the countrys financial capital The caseload doubling time stood 3512 days while the growth rate in cases stood at 002 per cent between February 15 and 21 civic data revealed Mumbai had reported a record 20971 cases on January 7 this year amid the third wave of the pandemic PTI KK BNM NSK NSK
