Mumbai and Maharashtra record lowest Covid cases and deaths in months – Times of India

MUMBAI: Blame it on the weekend effect, but both Covid-19 cases and deaths in Maharashtra and Mumbai were low on Monday.
The state reported 6,270 cases, lowest in 118 days since February 23 (6,218). Maharashtra also reported lowest fatalities in three months— 94, lowest since March 22 (58).
The government’s daily update said Mumbai registered 518 cases—lowest since February 16—and seven deaths—lowest since June 8. The BMC’s Covid update said 26,286 tests were performed in a 24-hour span and test positivity on Monday was among the lowest registered in the city at 1.9%.
However, due to dip in testing over the last 24 hours, daily positivity in the state rate rose to 4%. Only 1.5 lakh tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, down from the 2.3 lakh on the weekdays. Total caseload rose to 59.7 lakh and with 258 deaths added from previous weeks and months, cumulative fatalities touched 1,18,313.
On the bright side for Mumbai, number of tests on Sunday were not as low as on previous Sundays, indicating that the infection rate is low in the city at the moment.
However, a senior doctor said the second wave’s decline in Mumbai should have been sharper like in Pune and Delhi. The city still has 18,529 active cases including almost 1,000 critical patients.
In most hospitals, both public and private, beds are easily available. In BMC-run Sion Hospital, less than 100 Covid-19 patients are admitted at the moment as compared to the 350-plus in April. “We have started non-Covid operations in the hospitals including some super-specialty ones,” said Sion hospital dean Dr Mohan Joshi.
State officials also said that in certain districts like Satara, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri , Beed and Osmanabad, cases have begun to decline but the Covid indicators are at a relatively higher level. These districts have been asked to ramp up testing and focus on vaccination.