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Mumbai Live News: After registering a downward spiral of Covid-19 cases for past four days, Mumbai on Wednesday recorded 16,420 new infections — a 40 per cent rise in cases within 24 hours. On Tuesday, the city had recorded 11,647 new cases. The surge in daily cases corresponds with a rise in daily positivity rate, which increased from 18.7 per cent on Tuesday to 24.3 per cent on Wednesday.
The state health department, meanwhile, has warned that hospitalisation of Covid-19 patients may spike in Maharashtra this month-end or in the first week of February, during a presentation before the state cabinet Wednesday, PTI reported.
In other news, the city recorded a minimum temperature below normal for the third consecutive day. On Wednesday, the India Meteorological Department’s Santacruz observatory recorded the minimum temperature at 14.4 degrees Celsius, three degrees Celsius below normal. According to IMD’s forecast, the cold like conditions and the temperatures below normal will continue till Saturday.
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Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-news-live-covid-19-cases-weather-maharashtra-latest-updates-7720582/
