Mumbai clocks 7,895 new Covid-19 cases, 11 deaths in a day

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1 min read . Updated: 16 Jan 2022, 07:27 PM IST Livemint

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As many as 7,895 new Covid-19 cases cases and 11 deaths were reported in Mumbai in a span of 24 hours, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. The Maximum City has 60,371 active Covid-19 cases.

The number of new infected patients has been decreasing for the last three days, as per the city civic body data.

Mumbai on Saturday reported 10,661 new coronavirus infections and 11 deaths. There were 73,518 active cases in the city.

Meanwhile, 81 Mumbai policemen tested positive for coronavirus in a day, informed police on Saturday. With this, the tally of positive police personnel rose to 1,312 in the city.

A total of 126 personnel have died so far from the infection, said the Mumbai police.

Also, 31 police personnel tested Covid-19 positive on Saturday in Pune city. With this, the number of infected police personnel in the city rose to 465, said Pune police.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra reported 42,462 new cases and 23 deaths in the last 24 hours, the state health department informed on Saturday.

The active caseload stands at 2,64,441 in the state.

The state also reported 125 Omicron infections, taking the case tally of the Covid-19 variant to 1,730.

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