Covid: Highest testing, lowest cases in Mum today

July 28, 2020 16:06

Maharashtra Minister Aditya Thackeray sends out a celebratory tweet: "Only 700 cases today in #Mumbai & that too with the highest testing till date in Mumbai in a single day (8776)", and warns, "Caution: dont let the guard down! Dont let your mask down! Only get numbers down! "

Thackeray says that Mumbai will see more testing with chase the virus initiative of the city's civic body, BMC. "It is also the only city to have liberalised testing and allowed citizens to "test at will".

"Chase the Virus model of Mumbai is being implemented in MMR region actively that has seen a ramping up of facilities in the past few weeks.

Along with MMR, rest of Maharashtra too is taking all efforts to tackle covid pandemic effectively," Thackeray said.

On a day Mumbai recorded its highest coronavirus testing figures with almost 9,000 tests, only around 700 positive cases were reported from these tests. From the 8,776 tests conducted on Monday, around 700 samples were positive, which is the lowest in the last 100 days.

The country's financial capital reported 1,033 COVID-19 cases on Monday from tests conducted on Sunday. The doubling rate in the city is 68 days now and Mumbai's recovery rate is at 73 per cent. The overall growth rate of coronavirus cases in Mumbai from July 20 to July 26 was 1.03 per cent.

Image: Healthcare workers during a check-up campaign for the coronavirus disease in Mumbai today. Pic: ANI

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