Mumbai sees 54 Covid-19 cases, no death; active tally now 381

Beneficiaries are being administered Covid-19 vaccine at BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai Central, on Friday. Pic/Ashish Raje

Mumbai on Friday reported 54 Covid-19 cases, which took its tally to 10,57,188, while the death toll remained unchanged at 16,692 for the fifth consecutive day, a civic official said. So far, 10,37,232 people have been discharged post-recovery, including 78 during the day, leaving Mumbai with an active tally of 381, he said.

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation data showed that 14,389 samples were examined in the last 24 hours, which took the number of tests to 1,63,58,329. It also revealed the city did not have any sealed building or containment zone at present. Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Friday recorded 318 new coronavirus cases and one pandemic-related death, the health department said.

The state's Covid-19 caseload rose to 78,70,627, and death toll reached 1,43,750. Pune city recorded 47 new infections but no deaths. Of the eight administrative circles (each comprising several districts), the Pune circle recorded 139 new coronavirus cases, followed by Mumbai (84),

Nashik (39), Akola (20), Aurangabad (12), Latur (14), Nagpur (six) and the Kolhapur circle (four). The lone death due to Covid-19 was recorded in the Akola circle. The case fatality rate in Maharashtra is now 1.82 per cent. As many as 355 patients recovered since the previous evening, taking the number of recovered people to 77,19,949.

The recovery rate in the state is 98.09 per cent. With 56,582 coronavirus tests conducted since Thursday evening, the total of samples tested so far rose to 7,85,28,186. There are 2,925 active Covid-19 patients in Maharashtra now. Currently, 18,633 people are in home quarantine and 566 are in institutional quarantine.

78,70,627
Total no of cases in Maharashtra

84
Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours

0
No. of deaths in city on Friday

127
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Friday

1,06,16,762
(Total no. of people administered the first dose)

93,35,114
(Total no. of people administered the second dose)

1,140
(No. of people who took first dose on Friday)

10,163
(No. of people who took second dose on Friday)

3,55,643
(Total no of booster doses administered so far)

1,702
(No. of booster Doses administered on Friday)

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