MMR makes up 85 per cent of Maharashtra’s Covid-19 cases

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The Covid-19 cases in Mumbai continue to increase. On Thursday, the city registered 3,671 cases, 46 per cent more compared to Wednesday. Even the test positivity rate (TPR - cases per hundred tests) is now close to 8 per cent. TPR of more than 5 per cent is considered alarming. The cases in MMR has also started showing a rising trend, as Navi Mumbai, Thane, Mira Road reported almost 50 per cent more cases. With the MMR alone reporting 4,566 cases, the tally of the state also went up to 5,368 cases.

The Covid-19 graph is going upwards from last week. On Thursday, the city registered 3671 cases after 46,337 tests with TPR of 7.92 per cent. On Wednesday, the city had reported 2,510 new cases with a TPR of 4.8 per cent. The lowest TPR of the second wave was registered at 0.28% on December 1, a month ago when the city reported 108 cases.

However, there wasn't any death due to the virus on Thursday. It is the seventh time in December when zero deaths were registered in the city. The city's recovery rate dropped by one per cent to 96 per cent as cases increased sharply and 371 people recovered and were discharged on Thursday. The doubling rate continues to see a drop and was 505 days. The city had a doubling rate of 2,563 days on December 14.

As per state numbers, 4,566 cases were reported in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) including the ones from Mumbai which are 85 per cent of the total cases in the state. Apart from Mumbai, Navi Mumbai reported 280 daily cases, the most number in MMR. It was followed by 263 in Thane city. While Mira Bhayandar reported 107 cases, Panvel saw 73cases, Vasai-Virar reported 100 cases, Raigad recorded 46 cases and Kalyan-Dombivli reported 73 cases. MMR, excluding Mumbai, registered three deaths, two from Vasai Virar and one from Mira Bhayndar.

As the MMR reported almost 85 per cent of the cases, the state tally also went up. As per a report of the state health department, 5,368 cases were reported with 22 deaths across Maharashtra. Apart from cities in MMR, Pune city registered 307 cases. The state's case-fatality rate remained constant at 2.12 per cent as 1,193 recovered and got discharged on Tuesday. Currently, the state has 18,217 active cases.

66,70,754
Total no. of cases in Maharashtra

4566
Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours

0
No. of deaths in city on Thursday

371
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Thursday

99,42,098
(Total no. of people administered the first dose)

79,90,226
(No. of people who have taken second dose so far)

8,310
(No. of people who took first dose on Thursday)

33,117
(No. of people who took second dose on Thursday)