On a more positive note, the number of recoveries in the state (14,328) and Mumbai (2,988) exceeded the number of new cases by 40%. The recovery rate improved to 86% in Mumbai and the state, even as the number of active patients dropped to 1.8 lakh in the state and 18,717 in Mumbai.
According to BMC’s daily update, the doubling rate increased to 86 days. Of the 47 victims, 38 patients had comorbidities and 38 deaths corresponded to those over 60 years of age.
Most hospitals, both public and private, said the patient load has decreased. The dean of KEM Hospital, run by BMC, Dr. Hemant Deshmukh, said the number of patients hospitalized for Covid-19 was 200 on average as of a week ago. “Now, we would have around 150 patients and the criticality among the patients is decreasing. We also have certain zero death days, ”said Dr. Deshmukh.
Opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis has written another letter to CM Uddhav Thackeray demanding increased testing in Mumbai and the state. According to him, in the first 15 days of September, the state had conducted a total of 12.7 lakhs of tests, an average of 84,675 per day, but the number dropped to 11.2 lakhs of tests in the first 15 days of October, an average of 75,296. daily tests.
He said the positivity rate in Mumbai is increasing. A total of 1.8 lakh tests were performed in the city from October 1 to October 15, and a total of 31,453 patients were detected, bringing the positivity rate to 17.3%, up from 15.9% on the same date last month. .
He said that with the positivity rate on the rise, the government should focus on increasing testing. “Of the total deaths from Covid in the country, 44% are from Maharashtra and despite that, the government is not increasing the tests,” said Fadnavis.
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