Mumbai: Mumbai reported 8082 cases of Covid-19 on Monday, the highest daily count since 18 April 2021, taking over the cooperative 8-lakh mark, while two more patients succumbed to the infection, said the city Civic body.
Mumbai also reported 40 new cases of Coronavirus Omicron latest variant, pushing the number of such infections become 368 in Metropolis, according to the Ministry of Health Government of Maharashtra.
With the addition of fresh, counting coronavirus financial capital rose to 8,07.602, while the death toll rose to 16 379, according to the bulletin Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
Though the city has recorded only 19 cases more than the Sunday, when the daily count is 8063 and death at zero, Mumbai has witnessed a nearly 10-fold increase in infection Covid-19 since last Monday, when the counting of the days is 809.
District financial capital have reported cases of 19 one-day Covid highest since 18 April 2021, when it recorded 8479 new cases and 53 fatalities during the second wave of the pandemic.
From 8082 new cases, 7273 (90 percent) and only 574 asymptomatic patients had received at the hospital, while 71 were on oxygen support, according to the bulletin.
However, although there spurt in the case in the past week, only 3735 of the 30 565 hospital beds, or 12.2 percent of the total, currently occupied in the city, he said.
With the increase of cases in the city, growing infection rates jumped to 0.50 percent between December 27th 2021 and January 2nd, 2022, while doubling the rate slipped to 138 cases a day, according bulletin.
BMC Bulletin said Covid-19 49 283 tests conducted in Mumbai in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative number of them become 1.38,14.933.
With 622 patients discharged from hospital after recovery during the daytime, the active calculation Mumbai jumped to 37 274 from 29 819 in 24 hours, he said.
The cumulative number of patients restored at Mumbai reached 7.51.358, while the city has a 93 percent recovery rate Coronavirus, said Bulletin.
It said the number of buildings that are sealed also showed exponential growth since their number has jumped to 318, although counting containment zone in slums and ‘chawl’ (old-line premium) stood lower at 11.
Last year, Mumbai has the highest reported daily cases in 11 163 on 4 April and most of the deaths on 90 May 1 during the second wave of the pandemic.