Growth of COVID-19 cases in Mumbai slows down from June 16-22 amid 30063 active patients

With 846 persons testing positive for vel coronavirus in Mumbai on Tuesday, June 23,  city's COVID-19 tally surged to 68,481. At present, re are 30,063 active COVID-19 cases in state. number of recovered soared to 34,576 after 457 patients were discharged in day. Meanwhile, 42 COVID-19 deaths were reported on Tuesday, propelling Mumbai's fatality toll to 3842. 65 deaths from previous period were also added to overall death tally. 

About 2,94,861 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in various laboratories across Mumbai till June 22. number of COVID-19 cases in city grew at a rate of 1.86% from June 16-22. 4,18,675 senior citizens have been surveyed for SPO2 by visiting 24,58,168 houses. A total of 2089 senior citizens were given treatment or referred to medical facilities. While re are 770 active containment zones currently, 5951 buildings have been sealed. As of w, 17,614 high-risk contacts are admitted to Corona Care Centres 1. patient doubling rate in Mumbai is 38 days. recovery rate of Mumbai district is 50%. 

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BJP demands increase in COVID-19 testing

Addressing a press conference in Pune on Tuesday, BJP leader and former CM Devendra Fadnavis demanded MVA government to increase testing for COVID-19 in state. He observed that only 14,000 tests were being conducted in Maharashtra despite having a capacity of doing 38,000 tests daily. Terming this as dangerous, he contended that more testing was only solution when COVID-19 cases are found outside containment zones. Also, Fadnavis alleged that state government was suppressing COVID-19 related figures. 

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COVID-19 crisis in India

At present, re are 4,40,215 confirmed vel coronavirus cases in India out of which 2,48,190 patients have been discharged while 14,011 fatalities were reported. According to  WHO Situation Report 154 dated June 22, 2020, India has 1 death per lakh population as compared to global aver of 6.04. With 10,994 patients being cured in last 24 hours, country's recovery rate surged to 56.38%. number of government and private labs has increased to 726 and 266 respectively. re are 1,78,014 active cases in country.

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