Mumbai records highest COVID-19 deaths since Oct, Maharashtra adds 55,469 new cases

Mumbai reported 10,030 new COVID- 19 cases on Tuesday, the second-highest
daily count so far, while 31 patients succumbed to the infection, the most in a
day since October-end, the city civic body said.

The new cases took
the cumulative tally to 4,72,332, while the death toll jumped to 11,828,
according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) data.

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At 10,030 new
cases, Mumbai registered its second-highest daily count after a record 11,163
infections were reported on April 4.

The 31 fresh
deaths were the highest in a 24-hour period since October-end, the data showed.

Also, 7,019 more
people were discharged from hospitals, taking the number of recovered patients
to 3,82,004, the civic body said.

According to the
BMC, the number of active COVID-19 cases increased to 77,495.

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The data pointed
out that 47,922 more COVID-19 tests were carried out in Mumbai, pushing the
number of samples examined so far to 43,53,975.

The COVID-19
recovery rate in Mumbai has gone down to 81%, according to the BMC.

The growth rate of
COVID-19 has increased to 1.79% while the case doubling rate has dropped
to 38 days, it said.

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The civic body
said the city currently has 73 active containment zones in slums and ‘chawls’
(old tenements) and 740 sealed buildings.

Overall in Maharashtra
 55,469 new COVID case  and 297 deaths in the last 24 hours have been
reported.