Yesterday, Mumbai reported 922 new cases of coronavirus
Mumbai has recorded 809 new cases of Covid over the last 24 hours -- 113 less than yesterday. Three persons have died. The marginal drop comes amid increasing cases of Omicron – the highly infectious variant whose numbers are steadily going up in the country. Eleven new cases of the Omicron strain have been detected in the city.
Today, 26 cases are of the Omicron variant have been reported from Maharashtra -- taking the total to 167.
Yesterday, Mumbai reported 922 new cases of coronavirus -- a 21% jump from Saturday -- and two deaths. It was the city's highest single-day spike in nearly seven months.
The number of active cases was 4,765 and the recovery count increased to 7,48,199 as 335 people were discharged.
The data from Mumbai civic body showed that cases can currently double in 967 days and the positivity rate of cases between December 20 and 26 was 0.07 per cent.
With 43,383 samples being examined in the last 24 hours, the number of tests in the country's financial capital went up to 1,34,92,241, BMC data showed.
Maharashtra reported 1,426 new Covid cases and 21 deaths in the last 24 hours; 776 patients have been discharged today.
In view of the spiraling cases, the Maharashtra government had banned large gatherings, cut down attendance at gyms, spas, hotels, theatres and cinema halls to half and put a cap on the number of guests at weddings and other family functions.
The city's civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has already banned New Year celebration programmes and gatherings in view of the Covid threat. On Friday, an order for this was issued which applies to all hotels, bars, restaurants as well as to privately-owned places.
The Covid numbers in Delhi spiked today, exceeding 0.5% for the second consecutive day, which makes the declaration of Yellow Alert with its host of restrictions likely. Over the last 24 hours, the city recorded 331 Covid cases, 142 of these are of Omicron.