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Mumbai, Aug 17 (PTI) Mumbai on Wednesday reported 975 new coronavirus cases, the highest daily count since July 1 and a jump of 643 from the tally a day ago, while two more patients succumbed to the infection in the metropolis, the city civic body said.
With these additions, the overall COVID-19 tally surged to 11,34,479, while the death toll increased to 19,668, said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in a bulletin.
The daily coronavirus case count has jumped by 643 as compared to Tuesday, when the city had logged 332 cases, but zero fatalities.
The city has reported the highest single-day cases since July 1 when it detected 978 new COVID-19 patients.
As per the bulletin, the new COVID-19 cases were detected after 8,173 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, taking their cumulative count to 1,79,69,117.
On Tuesday, 3,499 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the financial capital.
Mumbai"s tally of recuperated cases rose to 11,09,617 after 850 more patients recovered from the infection, said the BMC.
The city has a coronavirus recovery rate of 97.8 per cent and is now left with 5,194 active COVID-19 cases, the bulletin said.
Of the 975 new COVID-19 cases, only 59 patients were symptomatic, it added.
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