Mumbai's total COVID-19 cases reach 50,878; crosses Wuhan's official tally

With 1015 persons testing positive for vel coronavirus in Mumbai on Tuesday, June 9 till 6 pm, city's COVID-19 tally surged to 50,878. A total of 904 COVID-19 patients were discharged in day, taking number of recovered to 22,942. Meanwhile, 58 persons passed away owing to COVID-19 in day, propelling Mumbai's COVID-19 death toll to 1758. 47 of aforesaid deceased had co-morbidities.

As per Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, 2,33,570 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in various laboratories till June 8. re was a 3% growth in number of COVID-19 cases in city from June 1 to 8. On or hand, vel coronavirus cases in PN, RN, RS wards grew at a rate of over 5%. Barring for A, B, C and RN wards, all or wards in Mumbai have registered more than 500 COVID-19 cases. 3,12,778 senior citizens have been surveyed by visiting 18,11,766 houses. At present, re are 775 active containment zones in Mumbai while 4071 buildings have been sealed. While 97,074 high-risk contacts have been admitted to COVID Care Centres 1 till date, only 27,708 persons are currently re. 

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2259 new cases in Maharashtra

On Tuesday, Maharashtra witnessed a slight dip in COVID-19 cases with 2259 persons testing positive for vel coronavirus. This has propelled state's COVID-19 tally to 90,787. With 120 deaths being reported in day, Maharashtra's death toll surged to 3289. state's recovery rate and fatality rate stands at 46.96% and 3.6% respectively. A total of 5,77,819 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in various laboratories across state. While 5,68,073 persons are in home quarantine, 26,470 ors have been admitted to institutional quarantine centres. 

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COVID-19 crisis

Presently, re are 2,66,598 confirmed vel coronavirus cases in India out of which 1,29,314 patients have been discharged while 7471 casualties have been reported. Ministry of Health has deployed high-level multi-disciplinary Central teams to 15 states and Union Territories with more than 50 districts/municipal bodies that are witnessing a high case load. teams comprise two public health experts and a senior Joint Secretary level dal officer for administrative handholding and improving governance. se teams are assisting states and Union Territories in addressing challenges such as testing bottlenecks, high confirmation rates, potential bed short, growing case fatality rate, high doubling rate etc. 

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