Summary:
Mumbai city is likely to cross 0.2 million Covid-19 cases on Monday (September 28).
The city crossed the 0.1 million-mark on July 18.
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Mumbai city is likely to cross 0.2 million Covid-19 cases on Monday (September 28).
The city crossed the 0.1 million-mark on July 18.
The trend of a spike in daily cases post the Ganesh festival in August has continued with over 2, 000 cases a day reported frequently.
So far, there have been 198,846 Covid-19 cases reported in Mumbai, including the 2, 261 cases reported on Sunday.
The Covid-19 positivity rate is 18.15%.
Of the total, 1.62 lakh Covid-19 patients have recovered and been discharged.
Areas like Borivali, Malad, Andheri, Jogeshwari, Dadar and Kandivali that have reported over 10, 000 cases each, have also reported a significant number of active cases.
As per Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) data, R central ward (Borivali) has the highest number of active cases, 2,287, among all 24 administrative wards in the city, followed by K west (Jogeshwari) which has reported 1,965 active Covid-19 cases and P north (Goregaon), which has reported 1,472 active Covid-19 cases.
Dharavi, Asia’s largest slum, has reported 3,140 Covid-19 cases, of which only 188 are active so far.
Meanwhile, Covid-19 fatalities in the city have also increased with the total death toll reaching 8,794.