Mumbai records 66 new Covid-19 cases, active tally now at 714

Of the 66 cases reported during the day, only two patients were symptomatic, the BMC said

Mumbai reported 66 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday. The new coronavirus cases raised the tally to 11,50,546, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said, as per the PTI.

No death was reported on Monday, the toll remained unchanged at 19,733, while the count of recoveries reached 11,30,099 after 51 patients recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours, he said.

There has been a drop in daily infections, as the city had recorded 102 cases and a fatality on Sunday.

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Of the 66 cases reported during the day, only two patients were symptomatic, the civic body said.

With a recovery rate of 98.2 per cent and doubling rate of 8,683 days, the city currently has 714 active cases.

At least 3,362 swab samples were tested in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of tests conducted in the city to 1,83,25,610, the BMC said. 

(with PTI inputs)

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