India News | 585 New Coronavirus Cases in Mumbai, Seven Deaths

Mumbai, Dec 8 (PTI) Mumbai reported 585 new COVID-19 cases and seven fresh fatalities, the lowest since May, on Tuesday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

The city's caseload thus rose to 2,87,175, while death toll reached 10,920.

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On December 1, the city reported nine deaths. Before that, only five deaths had been recorded on May 1.

Notably, the number of COVID-19 tests carried out in the city crossed the 20 lakh-mark on Tuesday. With nearly 15,000 tests conducted since Monday evening, the tally jumped to 20.13 lakh.

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The number of recovered COVID-19 patients in the city increased to 2,63,354, about 92 per cent of the tally, with 565 patients discharged from hospitals on Tuesday.

Currently Mumbai has 12,077 active COVID-19 cases.

According to the BMC, the average doubling rate of COVID-19 cases in Mumbai is 284 days, while the average growth rate of cases is 0.25 per cent.

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