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Mumbai reports 96 Covid-19 cases, lowest after April 17, 2020

Updated on: 22 February,2022 07:38 AM IST  |  Mumbai
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Generally, the city reports fewer cases on Mondays due to less number of tests conducted on Sundays. A total of 16,476 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, taking the count of samples tested so far in Mumbai to 1,60,45,437

Mumbai reports 96 Covid-19 cases, lowest after April 17, 2020

Passengers arriving at LTT leave the premises without getting tested for COVID-19. Pic/Sameer Markande

The city on Monday reported 96 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest single-day rise after April 17, 2020. Mumbai also reported one fatality, the civic body said. With the fresh cases, the case tally rose to 10,55,657 and toll to 16,688, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) bulletin said.


Generally, the city reports fewer cases on Mondays due to less number of tests conducted on Sundays. A total of 16,476 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, taking the count of samples tested so far in Mumbai to 1,60,45,437.


The patient who succumbed to the infection on Monday had comorbodity and was aged above 60 years.


The case positivity rate of Mumbai now stands at 0.58 per cent. Presently, Mumbai has 1,415 active COVID-19 cases. Around 82 per cent or 79 of fresh 96 patients are asymptomatic, it said. In the last 24 hours, only 17 patients were hospitalised and four of them are on oxygen support. 

With 188 patients being discharged, the number of recoveries went up to 10,34,681 and recovery rate was at 98 per cent. Mumbai has been free of sealed buildings and containment zones for more than a week.

Maharashtra reported 806 new cases and 4 deaths on Monday. The state also saw 2,696 patients getting discharged in the past 24 hours. 

78,59,237 (Total No. of cases in Maharashtra)
1 (No. of death in city on Monday (The deceased was a senior citizen and had comorbidity)
188 (Patients recovered and discharged in city on Monday)

1,05,78,341 (Total no. of people administered the first dose)
90,41,618 (No. of people who have taken second dose so far)
5,219 (No. of people who took first dose on Monday)
33,663 (No. of people who took second dose on Monday)
3,25,080  (Total no. of booster doses administered so far)
4,102 (No. of booster doses administered on Monday)

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