Mumbai on Tuesday recorded 329 new coronavirus cases, up from 164 a day ago, but no fresh death linked to the infection was registered in the metropolis, the local civic body said.
This was the second time since July 16 when the financial capital has logged more than 300 COVID-19 cases in a 24-hour span. Also, the city has not reported any fresh coronavirus-linked fatality for the second day in a row.
Mumbai on Tuesday recorded 329 new coronavirus cases, up from 164 a day ago, but no fresh death linked to the infection was registered in the metropolis, the local civic body said.
With this, the overall tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 11,25,306, while the death toll remained unchanged at 19,651, said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in a bulletin. This was the second time since July 16 when the financial capital has logged more than 300 COVID-19 cases in a 24-hour span. Also, the city has not reported any fresh coronavirus-linked fatality for the second day in a row.
On Monday, Mumbai had logged 164 cases and zero death. As per the bulletin, the new COVID-19 cases were detected after 5,785 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, pushing up their cumulative count to 1,78,42,069. A day before, 6,689 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the city.
Mumbai's overall tally of recuperated patients rose to 11,03,700 after 263 more people recovered from the respiratory illness, said the BMC. The city has a coronavirus recovery rate of 98.1 per cent and is now left with 1,955 active cases, the bulletin said. Of the 329 new COVID-19 cases, only 23 patients were symptomatic, it said.
The growth rate of COVID-19 stood at 0.023 per cent between July 26 and August 1, while the case doubling rate of the infection was 3,003 days, said the bulletin.
(With PTI inputs)