At 676, Mumbai's daily Covid-19 tally falls below 700 after five days

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Mumbai's daily count of Covid-19 cases fell below the 700-mark for the first time after June 1 with the city reporting 676 fresh infections on Monday.

According to the BMC data, no fresh Covid-19 fatality was reported in the city. Out of the 676 cases, 92 per cent (622) of the cases are reported as asymptomatic cases. Mumbai's case positivity rate has reached close to 0.098 per cent. 54 symptomatic patients have been admitted to hospitals of which five patients are on oxygen support, the BMC bulletin mentioned.

The city's overall tally of cases is 10,70,534 and the Covid-19 death toll is 19,569. Mumbai has 5,238 active cases as of Monday.

Mumbai had witnessed daily cases in the range of 704 to 961 between June 1 to 5. While on Sunday, 8,778 tests were reported in the city, the number of tests dropped to 6,897 tested in the last 24 hours. The doubling rate of cases has further dipped to 1,051 days.

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Currently, out of the total 24,601 Covid-19 hospital beds in Mumbai, only 219 beds remain occupied. With 318 Covid-19 patients being discharged in the last 24 hours after treatment, the number of recoveries in Mumbai went up to 10,45,727.

The overall growth rate of cases stood at 0.066 per cent between May 30 and June 5.

(with agency inputs)