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Covid-19 update: Mumbai records 1,201 fresh Covid-19 cases, highest since June-end

According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Mumbai recorded 1,201 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, the highest number since June 30, along with two deaths. There were 975 new infections and two pandemic-related fatalities in the city on Wednesday. After 1,265 infections and one fatality were confirmed on June 30, the number of new cases in the financial hub of India surpassed 1,000 for the first time since July.

TN City Desk

Updated Aug 18, 2022, 19:51 IST

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Mumbai: According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Mumbai recorded 1,201 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, the highest number since June 30, along with two deaths.

There were 975 new infections and two pandemic-related fatalities in the city on Wednesday.

After 1,265 infections and one fatality were confirmed on June 30, the number of new cases in the financial hub of India surpassed 1,000 for the first time since July. After then, the cases consistently decreased.

According to a BMC release, the number of cases in the city increased to 11,35,680 while the death toll hit 19,670.

The time it takes for the COVID-19 caseload to double has decreased from 1,088 days on Wednesday to 949 days.

Since Wednesday night, 11,253 coronavirus tests have been performed in the city, bringing the total number of samples examined to 1,79,80,370.

8,173 COVID-19 tests had been performed in the city the day before.With 681 patients recuperating throughout the day, the total number of recovered patients reached 11,10,298.The city has a recovery rate of 97.8 per cent and 5,712 active COVID-19 cases.Of 1,201 new COVID-19 cases, only 56 patients were symptomatic, the BMC said.

The overall growth rate of COVID-19 cases was 0.072 per cent for the period between August 11 and 17.

"There is clearly a surge again in the city and we are monitoring it closely," said Dr Mangala Gomare, BMC's executive health officer. She said there is not one but a combination of factors possibly contributing to the rise. "There is the mingling of people due to festivities, the incessant rain and the rapid emergence of newer variants every few weeks," she said. As Covid becomes endemic, the city may have to learn to live with the intermittent rise and fall in cases, Gomare added.

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