With the addition of 1,048 new COVID-19 cases on May 29, Mumbai's infection tally rose to 7,04,509. Now, there are 27,617 active cases in the city.
Mumbai reported 25 deaths due to coronavirus on Saturday which pushed its fatality count to 14,833 as per data released by the city's civic body. 1,359 COVID-19 patients recovered and were discharged on Friday taking the recovery count to 6,59,899.
On Saturday, 26,751 tests were conducted, as compared to 37,607 on May 1. May 17 had reported the lowest count rate with just 17,640 tests.
Meanwhile, the doubling rate has increased to 399 days, while the weekly growth rate has dropped to 0.17 per cent.
“As unlocking will be gradual, he wants more people to get at least one shot of the Covid vaccine. Many options are being looked into. Travel of people will continue to be regulated and work from home will continue to be encouraged,” said a senior health official.
Dr Rahul Pandit, state Covid task force member and Director-Critical Care, Fortis Hospitals, Mumbai, said, “the overall situation in the state has improved, however, there are some districts that continue to show red flags. So, the unlocking will have to be done accordingly.”
(With inputs from Swapnil Mishra)
