According to a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official, Mumbai on Sunday reported 376 COVID-19 cases and two deaths, taking the city’s tally to 11,46,267 and the death toll to 19,709.
A BMC official said that Mumbai has seen 608 recoveries in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries in the city to 11,23,609, news agency PTI reported. The overall recovery rate was 98 per cent while the growth rate of COVID-19 cases between August 28 and September 3 was 0.039 per cent.
A total of 5,798 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of tests to 1,81,24,510. The case doubling rate in Mumbai was 1,803 days.
The city had a total of 2,949 active cases, the highest in the state, followed by Thane and Pune with 1,882 cases and 1,735 cases, respectively. Maharashtra had a total of 8,364 active cases till Sunday.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Sunday reported 1,205 COVID-19 cases with three deaths, taking the state’s total tally to 81,04,854 and the total death toll to 1,48,264.
India Coronavirus Tally:
India reported 6,809 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases to 4,44,56,535. With 26 more deaths, the death toll rose to 5,27,991. Apart from Maharashtra, Delhi recorded 3 deaths, while Gujarat, Nagaland, Punjab and West Bengal recorded 2 deaths each.
The active coronavirus cases have declined by 1,631, taking the total number of active coronavirus cases in the country to 55,114.
The daily COVID-19 positivity rate was recorded at 2.12 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 2.29 per cent and the recovery rate increased to 98.69 per cent.
4,38,73,430 have so far recovered from the COVID-19 virus and the case fatality rate has been recorded at 1.19 per cent.
With inputs from PTI
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