Mumbai: Mumbai on Friday reported 441 new Covid-19 cases and five deaths, took the calculation of infection in the city to 7.34,337 and the death toll until 16,011, said a citizenship official.
Incidentally, the 10-day Ganesh festival began on Friday, although many restrictions were there to ensure no crowding on the streets.
The release of 175 people during the day took the number of recovery in the city to 7.11,322, which was 97 percent of the total cases.
The country’s financial capital has 4,537 active cases now.
On Thursday, the city reported 458 cases and six deaths.
With 49,921 samples were examined in the last 24 hours, the number of Coronavirus tests carried out so far rose to 96.50.174, the data Corporation Municipal Brihanmumbai showed.
Caseload’s doubling time is now 1,198 days, and the average growth rate of cases between September 3 and 9 is 0.6 percent.
The number of buildings is closed in the city falls from 49 to 44, while Chawl and slums continue to be free from the detention zone.
A sealed building or detention zone is made when five or more infections are detected there.