Mumbai's Covid Positivity Rate Drops Below 5%, Lowest In Over 2 Months

Mumbai recorded 1,425 new COVID-19 cases today, taking the overall case count to 6,93,664 while 59 new deaths due to Covid took the overall death count to 14,468.

The COVID-19 case positivity rate in Mumbai, Maharashtra, dropped to 4.84 per cent today -- below the five per cent mark for the time in over two months -- as the city recorded 1,425 new COVID-19 cases. Mumbai recorded 59 new deaths due to Covid, taking the overall death count to 14,468. The total case count in the city stands at 6,93,664. This was the second day in a row when Mumbai witnessed a spike in COVID-19 cases after reporting a three-digit infection count (953) on May 18. On Wednesday, the city had registered 1,350 cases and 57 deaths. The number of COVID-19 tests conducted so far increased to 59,86,344 after 29,391 samples were examined in the last 24 hours, the data showed.