COVID-19: Mumbai reports 1,823 new cases, 1,744 recover

COVID-19 tally in Mumbai climbed to 2,38,548 with dition of 1,823 cases on Friday, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

death toll in metropolis reached 9,635 with 37 fresh fatalities. Thirty-three of se patients h various co-morbidities, it said.

recovery count increased to 2,05,111 as1,744 patients were discharged from hospitals in last 24 hours.

Mumbai's recovery rate is w 86 per cent and re are 19,608 active cases at present.

According to BMC, number of active cases has gone down below 20,000-mark again as 1,626 duplicate and 'out of Mumbai' cases were removed from list.

So far, 13.25 lakh COVID-19 test have been conducted in city.

Presently, city's aver growth rate of cases is 0.85 per cent and aver doubling rate of 82 days.

As many as 9,905buildings have been sealed and re are 645 containment zones in slums and chawls.

civic body seals a building or declares containment zones on finding one or more COVID-19 patients re.