Mumbai on Thursday reported a dip in COVID-19 cases with 8,217 fresh cases. Since the last few days, cases were reported between 9k to 10k on a daily basis.
As per reports by city's civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Mumbai reported 49 COVID-19 fatalities taking the death toll to 12,189. With the addition of today's number, the city has reported 5,53,159 COVID-19 cases.
In Mumbai, as of now, there are 85,494 active patients. On Thursday, 10,097 patients recovered and were discharged taking the total number of recovered patients to 4,54,311. The city's recovery rate is now at 82%.
The doubling rate of COVID-19 cases is now 42 days.
While the Centre has urged states to ramp up testing, Mumbai on Thursday tested 45,486 people.
