The lowest daily addition to the tally in the recent past was recorded at 66 cases on September 19. On Wednesday, the city had seen 112 cases and no death, an official said
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Mumbai reported 98 Covid-19 cases on Thursday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. This was the second time the addition to the tally was less than 100 this month, a civic official told the PTI.
City also recorded two deaths, which took the toll to 19,728, he added.
As per the data, the tally in the city now stands at 11,49,445.
Only nine out of the 98 new cases are symptomatic, the official added.
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The lowest daily addition to the tally in the recent past was recorded at 66 cases on September 19. On Wednesday, the city had seen 112 cases and no death, the official added.
The recovery count rose by 136 in the last 24 hours and stood at 11,28,912, leaving the city with an active caseload of 805.
As per BMC data, the recovery rate is 98.2 per cent and the overall growth rate of cases between September 15 and 21 was 0.011 per cent.
So far, 1,82,54,684 coronavirus tests have been conducted in the city, including 7,266 in the last 24 hours, as per official data.
A total of 7,643 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the preceding 24-hour period.
The caseload doubling time is 6,746 days, BMC data showed.
(with PTI inputs)
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