MUMBAI: The
coronavirus tally in Mumbai rose to 2,82,811 on Wednesday with the addition of 877 new cases, the
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (
BMC) said.
The
death toll in the
metropolis increased to 10,839 as 20 patients succumbed to the infection, it said.
On Tuesday, the city had reported nine deaths, the lowest in the past several months.
The number of recuperated patients went up to 2,57,348, which is about 91 per cent of the total, as 205 patients got discharge from hospitals, the data released by the BMC showed.
It said that the city currently has 13,060 active cases of coronavirus.
The civic body said that over 19.24 lakh tests have been conducted in the city so far.
The average case doubling rate in Mumbai is 222 days, while the average growth rate is 0.31 per cent.
According to the BMC data, there are 444 containment zones and 5,270 sealed buildings across the city.