Mumbai: Mumbai reported 397 new Covid-19 cases, the highest daily number in almost a month, and seven new deaths on Thursday, while 507 patients recovered from infection, civilian senior officials said.
Officials of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said with the new addition, the calculation of the Covid-19 case rose to 7.42.401, while the death toll jumped to 15,963 in financial capital.
The city witnessed a marginal increase in case and daily death and death compared to Wednesday, when reporting 343 infections and four deaths.
In 397, Mumbai reported the highest number of Covid-19 cases in a day since July 28, when the daily count was 404.
Also, this was the third time since August 16, when Mumbai reported 190 cases of Coronavirus, the lowest since April 2020, that Metropolis has noted More than 300 infections.
On August 20, Mumbai reported 322 cases and 342 registered infections on August 25.
The city witnessed a stable increase in cases since the last few days, according to BMC data, although the number of daily tests has fallen from more than 50,000 carried out on a few days ago.
BMC officials said a total of 41,628 Covid-19 tests were carried out in the city in the last 24 hours, taking their cumulative numbers to 90,60,423.
With a discharge of 507 patients from hospitals during the day, the calculation of the recovered case rose to 7.21.257, he said.
The city now has 2,736 active Covid-19 cases.
In particular, on 12th day in a row, the slums and ‘Chawl’ (old-line refuge) in the city are free of detention zones, while the number of closed buildings stands at 24.
Civil Body building seals Mumbai or declare a detention zone if at least Five people there positive tests for Coronavirus.
According to the official, the doubts of the Mumbai case had dropped to 1,825 days, while the average growth rate of Covid-19 cases between August 19 and August 25 was 0.04 percent.
This year, Mumbai has reported the highest daily case at 11,163 on April 4, while most deaths in a day 90 were recorded on May 1 during the second wave of pandemic.
PTI.