Fewer than 800 Covid cases in Maharashtra for 2nd day running

MUMBAI: For the second day in a row, the state added under 800 Covid-19 cases, while fatalities continued to remain under 20 for the fifth day. The state added 766 cases and 19 deaths, taking the total cases to 66.31 lakh and the deaths to 1,40,766.
The city registered 190 cases on Tuesday, taking the tally since March 2020 to 7.6 lakh so far. The daily toll, which was 4 on Monday, dropped to 1 again in tune with last week’s tally. The total toll in Mumbai has reached 16,311 so far. “While fewer tests were done than usual, the infection rate is so low in the city that numbers are unlikely to rise further right now,” said a BMC official.
The doubling rate has increased to 2,526 days, and the weekly growth rate of the infection remains at 0.03% over the last month. While H West ward (Bandra) has the highest growth rate in the city at 0.05% and doubling rate of 1,279 days, the lowest is 0.01% in B ward (Dongri), with 10,000 days to double. After 10 consecutive days of zero cases, B ward registered one case each on Saturday and Sunday.
State officials said there are nearly 12 districts that have not reported a single death in the last few weeks, while most districts are reporting deaths in single digits in a month. “The situation is very much under control. However, considering the surge in cases in many European countries, we cannot drop our guard,” said the official. He said districts have been asked to ramp up testing so any surge is not under-reported.