With the majority of Covid-19 cases reported in the month of September, Mumbai is likely to surpass 0.2 million Covid-19 cases on Monday. So far, more than 50,000 cases were reported in September, the highest number of cases recorded in a month. The city passed the 0.1 million mark on July 18. However, the trend of an increase in daily cases after the Ganesh festival in August has continued with more than 2,000 frequently reported daily cases.
So far, 198,846 Covid-19 cases have been reported in Mumbai, including the 2,261 cases reported on Sunday. The Covid-19 positivity rate is 18.15%. Of the total, 1.62 lakh of Covid-19 patients have recovered and been discharged.
Civic officials partially attribute the increase to increased testing capacity in the past month. “We have performed over 15,000 Covid-19 tests per day, at most, and 9,000 to 11,000 Covid-19 tests are performed every day on average in mid-September. The cases are directly proportional to the number of tests. We have expanded testing compared to 4,000-6,000 tests per day in June, when more than 1,000 cases were reported, ”said a senior civic official. The BMC has so far conducted 1.082 million Covid-19 tests across the city.
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Areas such as Borivali, Malad, Andheri, Jogeshwari, Dadar, and Kandivali, which have reported more than 10,000 cases each, have also reported a significant number of active cases. According to data from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the central district R (Borivali) has the highest number of active cases, 2,287, among the 24 administrative districts of the city, followed by K west (Jogeshwari), which has reported of 1,965 active cases of Covid-19. cases and North P (Goregaon), which has reported 1,472 active cases of Covid-19. Dharavi, the largest slum in Asia, has reported 3,140 cases of Covid-19, of which only 188 are active so far.
Meanwhile, deaths from Covid-19 in the city have also risen, with the total death toll reaching 8,794. However, BMC has managed to reduce the death rate from 5.7% in July to 4.4%. Senior BMC officials said their current focus is on reducing the death rate through their “Mission Save Lives” strategy.
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