On Sunday, Mumbai reported 8,063 Covid infections; compared to last week, the number of daily infections in the city had increased 8.5 times, the positivity in the country's financial capital had jumped 6.4 times, whereas active infections had increased 6.9 times.
While Mumbai leads all the other cities in terms of daily infections, analysis shows that the growth rate of infections for Kolkata and Delhi has been higher.
In Delhi, daily Covid-19 infections increased 12.8 times between December 26 and January 2, causing an 8.3 times rise in positivity and a 7.6-times rise in active cases.
Kolkata witnessed a 14.6-times