Mumbai, Apr 9 (PTI) Mumbai on Saturday reported 55 COVID-19 cases, up from 49 a day earlier, taking the tally here to 10,58,381, while the death toll stood unchanged at 19,560, a civic official said.

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Of the 55 new cases, 53, or 96 per cent, are asymptomatic, while two have been hospitalised, he said.

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So far, 10,38,516 people have been discharged post recovery, including 49 in the last 24 hours, leaving the metropolis with 305 active cases, the official added.

With 8,735 samples being examined in the last 24 hours, the overall number of tests in Mubai reached 1,67,11,716, he said.

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