Mumbai records 120 new Covid-19 cases, 1 death

A health worker collects a swab sample for Covid-19 test. File Pic

Mumbai on Tuesday recorded 120 fresh cases of coronavirus and one death due to the infection, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

With this, the tally of cases has risen to 11,49,235 and toll to 19,726.

Of the latest cases, 10 patients have been hospitalised, with three on oxygen support, taking the number of patients undergoing treatment at city hospitals to 125, as per BMC data.

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As many as 192 patients have recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours, raising the count of recoveries to 11,28,573.

With a recovery rate of 98.2 per cent, the city currently has 936 active cases.

At least 5,188 swab samples were tested in the past 24 hours, increasing the total number of tests conducted so far to 1,82,39,775, the official said.

The overall growth rate of cases between September 13 and 19 is 0.013 per cent and the doubling rate is at 5,661 days.