Mumbai: After reporting a drop of Covid case for four days, the city reported a sharp increase of 40% in daily detection with 16,420 cases on Wednesday.
Located towards the 50,000 daily sign, the state added 46,723 cases, leaps 35% since Tuesday (34,424).
With this, Caseload Maharashtra crosses 70 lakh.
The state government government issued a statement to “improve” the perception that the omicron-covid wave was “alignment” in Mumbai, but experts said Wednesday’s high calculation could be a reflection of the a few months old trends where the week’s highest calculation was registered on Wednesday.
CM Uddhav Thackeray filed an appeal to the public not to lower their guards because of the decline in cases only a few days.
In a more worrying sign, the state has reported a surge in death since the last two days – 32 on Wednesday, the highest since November 30 (35).
Mumbai registered 7.