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India News | Mumbai Sees 66 COVID-19 Cases, 40 Pc Rise from Day Earlier; Active Tally Falls Below 500-mark

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Mumbai on Saturday reported 66 COVID-19 cases, which took the tally here to 11,54,342, while the death toll stood unchanged at 19,741, a civic official said.

India News | Mumbai Sees 66 COVID-19 Cases, 40 Pc Rise from Day Earlier; Active Tally Falls Below 500-mark

Mumbai, Nov 5 (PTI) Mumbai on Saturday reported 66 COVID-19 cases, which took the tally here to 11,54,342, while the death toll stood unchanged at 19,741, a civic official said.

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The addition to the tally was 40 per cent higher than the 47 cases detected on Friday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation pointed out.

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The recovery count increased by 132 in the last 24 hours and reached 11,34,119, which brought the active caseload below the 500-mark at 482, he said.

As per BMC data, the recovery rate is 98.2 per cent and the caseload doubling time is 9,468 days.

So far, 1,84,77,209 coronavirus tests have been conducted in Mumbai, including 4,583 in the last 24 hours, as per official data.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)