Mumbai on Friday reported 8,834 fresh COVID-19 cases and 52 deaths, as per a report by BMC's health department.
As per reports by city's civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Mumbai reported 52 COVID-19 fatalities taking the death toll to 12,294. With the addition of today's number, the city has reported 5,70,832 COVID-19 cases.
In Mumbai, as of now, there are 87,369 active patients. On Saturday, 6,617 patients recovered and were discharged taking the total number of recovered patients to 4,69,961. The city's recovery rate is now at 82%.
The doubling rate of COVID-19 cases is now 44 days.
While the Centre has urged states to ramp up testing, Mumbai on Saturday tested 47,253 people.
