Mumbai, Jun 10 (PTI) With 1,567 new COVID-19 cases in Mumbai, the tally rose to 52,445 on Wednesday, while 97 more patients died, taking the toll to 1,855, the city civic body said.

According to a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) statement, 751 patients were discharged from various city hospitals in the past 24 hours, taking the number of recoveries to 23,693.

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The civic body said the city has 26,897 active COVID- 19 cases, while 749 new suspected coronavirus patients were admitted in hospitals here.

According to the BMC, out of the 97 deaths, 80 patients had co-morbidities.

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