Mumbai on Wednesday reported 2,293 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily count since January 23(PTI)Maharashtra reports 4024 new Covid 19 cases, 3028 recoveries and 2 deaths in the last 24 hours. Active cases 19,261. According to the latest report of BJ Medical College, Pune, 4 patients of BA.5 variant have been reported in the state.
The tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 10,85,882, while the death toll increased to 19,576, said a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) bulletin.
The metropolis has crossed the 2,000 daily case mark after almost five months.
On January 23, Mumbai had logged 2,550 COVID-19 cases and 13 fatalities.
The financial capital had recorded 1,724 cases and two deaths due to the disease on Tuesday.
The test positivity rate (TPR) —the number of positive cases of coronavirus infection out of the total tests conducted in Mumbai — shot up to 15.58 per cent on Tuesday, the highest since January this year. On Tuesday, Mumbai recorded 1,724 new Covid-19 cases.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the newly renovated ‘Jal Bhushan’ building and visited the historic Shrigundi Temple at Raj Bhavan at Mumbai. Cheif Minister Uddhav Thackery Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and protocol minister Aaditya Thackeray were also present. The prime minister performed Dwar Pujan.
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