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Mumbai, Jan 21 (PTI) Mumbai on Friday reported 5,008 new coronavirus infections, 700 less than the previous day, along with 12 deaths, the city civic body said.
With this, the city"s COVID-19 case tally rose to 10,28,715 while the death toll reached 16,512, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) bulletin said.
This was the third day in a row that daily COVID-19 cases dropped in the country"s financial capital.
On Thursday, 5,708 COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths had been reported in the city.
With 12,913 patients discharged during the day, the number of recovered patients rose to 9,95,338.
Mumbai"s coronavirus recovery rate has increased to 97 per cent, while the caseload doubling period has improved to 72 days, the BMC said.