India News | 1,372 New Coronavirus Cases in Mumbai, 73 Deaths

Mumbai, July 3 (PTI) With 1,372 new patients coming to light, the tally of coronavirus cases in Mumbai increased to 81,634 on Friday, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) release said.

With 73 deaths, death toll in the country's financial capital rose to 4,759, it added.

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Notably, the number of new cases came down compared to the last two days.

On July 1 and July 2, the city had recorded 1,511 and 1,554 new COVID-19 cases.

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The number of recovered COVID-19 patients increased to 52,392 as another 1,698 patients were discharged from city hospitals in the past 24 hours, said the BMC.

There are 24,483 active COVID-19 patients in Mumbai now while 1,139 new suspected patients were admitted to hospitals.

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