MUMBAI: The state on Friday crossed the 3.5 lakh mark for Covid-19 cases, of which over 1.57 lakh were added in 20 days — on July 4 there were just over 2 lakh cases. The state also breached the 13,000 mark for Covid-19 deaths.
It added 9,615 new cases, its third-highest addition in a day so far, taking the total cases so far to 3,57,117. It reported 278 deaths, with the toll resting at 13,132.
In the city, the daily Covid statistics were in stark contrast with the galloping numbers in the state. On Friday, the state capital registered 1,057 cases and 54 deaths, taking the overall tally to 1,06,980 cases and the toll to 1,057 deaths.
The new cases number was a slight dip over the past couple of days. In 20 days, the city added 23,790 cases, 15% of the state addition.
BMC officials said the doubling rate had slowed to 64 days from 59 days last week and the weekly growth rate had dropped to 1.09% from 1.2% last week.
Dharavi, which went from being the country's worst hot spot to one of the best public health success stories in the world, reported only six new cases on Friday. While Dharavi’s tally so far is 2,519, BMC officials said 2,141 people have been discharged.
Of the 54 who died in the city, 37 had co-morbidities such as diabetes or hypertension. Six were below 40 years old, nine between 40 and 60, and 39 above 60.
“The lockdown has had definite gains in Mumbai, but if we fail to maintain social distancing or sanitising practices, there is no way of predicting how long the illness will linger in the city,” infectious diseases specialist Dr Om Shrivastava, who is a member of the state task force on Covid, said.
Experts said Covid-19 could continue till October.
With the case fatality rate in some of the smaller cities like Solapur higher than the state average, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray held a meeting with the state task force and all district task forces.
Pune division was the highest contributor to the daily case addition and fatalities, with 3,790 cases. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region was second with 2,310 cases. The MMR total stood at 1,10,337, or 3,357 more than in the city.
The MMR registered 76 deaths while Pune division reported 86 deaths. Kalyan-Dombivli reported 342 patients and eight deaths, taking the tally to 17,731, including 289 deaths. In Thane, 285 new cases were reported, taking the tally to 17,144. Four new deaths took the toll to 571.
In Navi Mumbai, there were 308 new cases and five deaths, taking the tally to 12,907 cases and toll to 370.
It added 9,615 new cases, its third-highest addition in a day so far, taking the total cases so far to 3,57,117. It reported 278 deaths, with the toll resting at 13,132.
In the city, the daily Covid statistics were in stark contrast with the galloping numbers in the state. On Friday, the state capital registered 1,057 cases and 54 deaths, taking the overall tally to 1,06,980 cases and the toll to 1,057 deaths.
The new cases number was a slight dip over the past couple of days. In 20 days, the city added 23,790 cases, 15% of the state addition.
BMC officials said the doubling rate had slowed to 64 days from 59 days last week and the weekly growth rate had dropped to 1.09% from 1.2% last week.
Dharavi, which went from being the country's worst hot spot to one of the best public health success stories in the world, reported only six new cases on Friday. While Dharavi’s tally so far is 2,519, BMC officials said 2,141 people have been discharged.
Of the 54 who died in the city, 37 had co-morbidities such as diabetes or hypertension. Six were below 40 years old, nine between 40 and 60, and 39 above 60.
“The lockdown has had definite gains in Mumbai, but if we fail to maintain social distancing or sanitising practices, there is no way of predicting how long the illness will linger in the city,” infectious diseases specialist Dr Om Shrivastava, who is a member of the state task force on Covid, said.
Experts said Covid-19 could continue till October.
With the case fatality rate in some of the smaller cities like Solapur higher than the state average, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray held a meeting with the state task force and all district task forces.
Pune division was the highest contributor to the daily case addition and fatalities, with 3,790 cases. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region was second with 2,310 cases. The MMR total stood at 1,10,337, or 3,357 more than in the city.
The MMR registered 76 deaths while Pune division reported 86 deaths. Kalyan-Dombivli reported 342 patients and eight deaths, taking the tally to 17,731, including 289 deaths. In Thane, 285 new cases were reported, taking the tally to 17,144. Four new deaths took the toll to 571.
In Navi Mumbai, there were 308 new cases and five deaths, taking the tally to 12,907 cases and toll to 370.
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