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Covid-19 pandemic: Mumbai sees 2,550 new cases and 13 fatalities

Mumbai reported 2,550 new coronavirus positive cases, taking the tally of infections to 10,34,833. The death toll rose to 16,535 after 13 more patients succumbed to the coronavirus infection

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A healthcare worker collects a swab sample of a passenger for Covid-19 test, at Bandra Terminal, in Mumbai (Photo: PTI)

Press Trust of India Mumbai

Mumbai on Sunday reported 2,550 new coronavirus positive cases, taking the tally of infections to 10,34,833. The death toll rose to 16,535 after 13 more patients succumbed to the coronavirus infection, the city civic body said.

A statement from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's health department said that 84 per cent or 2,142 of the 2,550 new patients are asymptomatic. It said 337 more patients were hospitalised of whom 40 are on oxygen support.

The percentage of occupied beds out of the total beds available in Mumbai is 10.6 per cent, it said.

A total of 217 patients were discharged in Mumbai on Sunday, which raised the number of recoveries to 9,95,786.

 

Mumbai is now left with 19,808 active cases.

With 45,993 new tests, the number of samples examined so far in the Maharashtra capital has gone up to 1,49,77,218, as per the statement.

Mumbai's recovery rate is 96 per cent. The case doubling rate is 125 days.

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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First Published: Jan 23 2022 | 8:18 PM IST

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