Mumbai reports eight new Covid-19 cases, active tally at 49

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Mumbai on Sunday reported as many as eight new cases of Covid-19. The fresh cases took the tally of infections to 11,55,206, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a health bulletin.

No death was reported on January 15, the death toll remained unchanged at 19,746, it said.

The recovery count increased by four more patients to touch 11,35,411, the health bulletin said.

The city now has an active caseload of 49, it further said.

According to the data, Mumbai's overall growth rate of cases between January 8 and January 14 was 0.0005 per cent, and the recovery rate stood at 98.3 per cent.

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Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Sunday reported 11 Covid-19 cases, which took the tally to 81,36,935, while the death toll stood unchanged at 1,48,419, a health official told the PTI.

The recovery count increased by 13 in the last 24 hours to touch 79,88,377, leaving the state with an active caseload of 139, he said.

The recovery rate in the state is 98.17 per cent, while 8,61,02,847 coronavirus tests have been conducted so far, including 8,771 in the last 24 hours, as per state health department data.

It also said, since December 24, a total of 8,471 of 3,92,698 international passengers who arrived at Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur airports were subjected to RT-PCR tests to detect coronavirus, and 21 reports had returned positive.

(with PTI inputs)