Mumbai sees 1228 new COVID cases; city tally rises to 98,979 as India passes 10-lakh mark

Maintaining a steady increase in Coronavirus (COVID-19), Mumbai on Friday, saw 1228 new cases and 62 fatalities. Amid light showers, city also saw 803 recoveries taking its tally to 69,340. As India crossed grim total of 10 lakh cases, Mumbai too is inching close to 1-lakh mark with 98,979 cases - of which 24,057 are active cases and 5582 fatalities.

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Mumbai: 1228 new cases 

Mumbai's recovery rate has maintained at 70% during this week while growth rate is at 1.34%. BMC has reported that 4,21,345 samples have been tested till date with 5955 samples tested in past 24 hours (positivity rate at 23.49%). Moreover, city has 124 of 1053 ventilator beds vacant, while 216 of 1737 ICU beds are vacant, as per BMC war room report.

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Mumbai's COVID crisis

With Maharashtra extending its lockdown, BMC has increased its containment zones to 700, while over 6003 buildings and chawls have been sealed and being self-mand by society. While slums were initially where most cases were found, BMC claims that most cases were w found in housing societies. Recent BMC report shows Mulund as most affected place with doubling rate at 26 days, while Dharavi is least affected ward with a doubling rate at 155 days. Overall, Mumbai's doubling rate at 52 days is higher than national aver of 21.8 days. city is under section 144 with movement limited to 'neighbourhoods' till July 15.

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India crosses 1 million cases

On July 17, India reported yet ar highest single-day rise with 34,956 COVID-19 cases, taking its tally over 1 million cases. India has carried out over 1,30,72,718 tests with 3,33,228 tests conducted in past 24 hours. With a case positivity of 7.67%, country's recovery rate stands at 63.33 percent with recovery-to-death ratio stands at 96:4. As of date, India has 10,03,832 cases with 25,602 fatalities - with 3,42,473 active cases and 6,35,757 discharged patients. Centre which anunced a nationwide lockdown on March 25 has w restricted it to only containment zones till July 31, 2020.

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