26 November,2021 07:18 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
A BMC medic collects the nasal swab of a passenger for Covid test, at LTT, on Thursday. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi
The city saw a significant drop in fresh novel Coronavirus infections as well as the test positivity rate (TPR) on Thursday. While the daily cases fell below 200 again, the TPR was recorded at 0.54 per cent, one of the lowest in the second wave, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) report.
The civic body confirmed 179 new cases, down from 258 recorded the day before. The number of newly confirmed deaths remains the same as Wednesday, at four. Two of the deceased patients had comorbidities, and one was below 40 years of age, one was aged between 40-59 years, and the rest were senior citizens.
The doubling rate improved significantly and was recorded at 2,616 days on Thursday. The recovery rate remained constant at 97 per cent, with 162 more people recovering and getting discharged.
The state saw a marginal drop in new cases while a rise in Covid-19 fatalities. According to the report by the state's health department, 848 cases and 50 deaths were added to the official tally on Thursday. The state's case fatality rate remained constant at 2.12 per cent. After 974 more patients were discharged on Thursday, the state has 9187 active cases.
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Daily cases in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) also dropped significantly to 339, including the ones from Mumbai. The Thane Municipal Corporation reported 41 new cases, Kalyan-Dombivli 23, Navi Mumbai 20, Vasai-Virar 14, Raigad 19 and Panvel 17.
The MMR, excluding Mumbai, registered 15 deaths, including 11 in Raigad, the highest in the region. Ulhasnagar, Panvel and Vasai-Virar reported one death each.
66,33,105
Total no. of cases in Maharashtra
165
Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours
4
No. of deaths in city on Thursday (Two deceased had comorbidities; one was below 40 years of age, one was aged between 40-59 years, and the rest were senior citizens)
162
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Thursday
92,59,035
(Total no. of people administered the first dose)
63,49,458
(No. of people who have taken second dose so far)
10,959
(No. of people who took first dose on Thursday)
41,535
(No. of people who took second dose on Thursday)
