02 September,2023 07:22 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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On Saturday, Mumbai reported 11 new Covid-19 cases, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,164,378, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said in a health bulletin.
Presently, Mumbai has 108 active Covid-19 cases.
According to data shared by BMC, Mumbai's overall growth rate of cases between August 26 and September 1 is 0.0013 per cent, and the recovery rate stood at 98.3 per cent.
So far, 189,24,537 Covid-19 tests have been conducted in the city, including 217 samples taken in the past 24 hours.
The caseload doubling time is 54,456 days, as per civic data.
Meanwhile, India reported a single-day rise of 50 new Covid infections while the active cases have declined to 492, according to Union Health Ministry data.
The death toll has increased by 5,32,023 with 93 deaths and 891 discharged cases from previous months being reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
"Reconciliation of the number of discharges and deaths has been done as per the request from the state. However, deaths reported due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours are zero," the ministry said.
India's Covid case tally is 4.49 crore (4,49,97,266). The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has increased to 4,44,64,751, and the national recovery rate stands at 98.81 per cent, according to the health ministry's website.
The case fatality rate stands at 1.18 per cent.
According to the ministry's website, 220.67 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far.
(with inputs from PTI)
