Mumbai records 79% of hike in coronavirus infections in 24 hours, reports 852 cases
India Today
In the last 24 hours, Mumbai recorded a huge jump in Covid-19 cases with 852 people testing positive for coronavirus. The tally of active cases surged up to 3,545.
Mumbai recorded 852 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, recording a 79 per cent hike in infections in the last 24 hours. The active caseload crossed the 3,500 mark, reaching 3,545.
With the new cases, the total tally reached 11,29,285 and the toll was at 19,661 on Wednesday.
Mumbai has been reporting more than 400 coronavirus infections in the past few days. Of the 852 cases, only 36 patients were symptomatic while the rest of 816 were asymptomatic, it said.
A total of 9,670 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, raising the cumulative tally of the samples tested so far in Mumbai to 1,79,04,139.
The city logged 6,580 tests the previous day. Around 433 people were discharged from hospitals and the tally of recoveries rose to 11,06,079.
As per the reports, the overall growth rate of Covid-19 cases improved to 0.039 per cent for the period between August 3 and 9.
