MUMBAI: As testing numbers improved after the
Diwali break, the daily tally of Covid-19 cases in
Mumbai and Maharashtra
registered a slight increase on Tuesday.
Maharashtra registered 982 cases, including 274
Cases from Mumbai.
Deaths increased in Maharashtra from 15 on
Monday to 27 on Tuesday. Mumbai registered
only one death—the daily toll was zero on
October 17 and one on September 21.
We conducted over 31,000 tests and plan to
increase it further now that the festival season
is over,” said BMC additional municipal
commissioner Suresh Kakani on Monday.
The daily test positivity rate continues to be less
than 1%, he added. Cases in Mumbai rose
slightly after restrictions on travel by local trains
were relaxed on August 16, with the tally
reaching 500-600 a day.
The weekly growth rate of the Covid infection in
the city has dropped another decimal (0.03%) to
the levels present in the July-August period.
Only 13 buildings are sealed across the city at
present, indicating a lull in the infection.
In Maharashtra, cases have been under 1,000 for
the fifth consecutive day. As compared to 60,000
tests on Sunday, 96,866 tests were done across
the state on Monday. Only Mumbai (460), Pune
(306) and Nashik (141) administrative regions
recorded a three-digit tally, while Akola and
Nagpur regions had less than 10 cases. Active
cases in the state dropped to 13,311, including
3,559 in Mumbai.