1-day spike of 1,622 COVID-19 cases in Mumbai

September 02, 2020 22:58

Mumbai on Wednesday reported 1,622 new coronavirus positive cases, its biggest single-day rise in over 100 days, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said.

With this, the city's case count rose to 1,48,569, while the death toll increased to 7,724 as 34 persons succumbed to the infection during the day, it said.

The number of recovered patients rose to 1,19,702 after 838 of them were discharged from hospitals on Wednesday, the civic body added.

The city's recovery rate is now 81 per cent, it said, adding that there are 20,813 active cases at present.

On May 24, Mumbai had recorded a single-day rise of 1,725 cases. Since then the number of one-day cases from the city were below 1,500 cases, barring a few days.

The highest number of 537 deaths were reported from K-East ward, while the lowest number of 72 deaths from A-ward, which includes Colaba, Nariman point and Fort areas.

-- PTI

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