COVID-19 cases doubled faster in Mumbai last week: BMC

coronavirus cases doubled at a faster rate in Mumbai last week as compared to previous week and aver growth rate of viral infection also went up, according to city civic body.

On August 8, country's financial capital recorded slowest doubling rate of 89 days and lowest growth rate of 0.79 per cent. On Saturday, rate of doubling became faster at 83 days and aver growth rate of COVID-19 cases rose to 0.84 per cent.

aver doubling rate in city again slowed a bit on Sunday to 85 days and growth rate decreased to 0.82 per cent, as per figures of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

city's D-ward, which includes areas like Peddar Road and Malabar Hill, had fastest doubling rate of 50 days on Sunday, while M-East ward, that includes Chembur (East) area, had slowest doubling rate of 119 days.

D-ward also had highest growth rate of 1.40 per cent, while M-East ward had lowest growth rate of 0.58 per cent as on Sunday.

aver doubling and growth rates are calculated taking COVID-19 cases of past seven days into consideration. Till Sunday, Mumbai reported 1,28,726 COVID-19 cases and 7,133 deaths due to disease.

On June 15, city had an aver doubling rate of 28 days and aver growth rate of 2.49 per cent. On July 31, doubling rate improved to 77 days and growth rate to 0.9 per cent, according to BMC data.

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