Mumbai on Thursday reported 272 new coronavirus cases and four deaths linked to the infection for the second consecutive day, the city civic body said.
With these additions, the overall COVID-19 tally rose to 11,45,095, while the death toll increased to 19,702, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation bulletin said.
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On Wednesday, the financial capital had logged 638 coronavirus cases and four fatalities due to the viral infection.
The city, after crossing the 1,000 tally mark last month, has been witnessing a steady decline in the daily COVID-19 cases.
As per the bulletin, the new COVID-19 cases were detected after 5,980 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, taking their cumulative count to 1,81,04,369.
A day ago, 8,734 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the city.
Mumbai’s tally of recuperated patients rose to 11,21,702 after 834 more patients recovered from the respiratory illness, said the BMC.
The city has a recovery rate of 98 per cent and is now left with 3,691 active COVID-19 cases, the bulletin said.
Of the 272 new COVID-19 cases, only 26 patients were symptomatic, it said.
The growth rate of COVID-19 cases in the city was 0.051 per cent between August 25 and August 31, while the case doubling rate stood at 1,359 days.
