Mumbai on December 23 recorded more than 600 Covid-19 cases which is the highest single day count since October 6.
On December 23, the city reported 602 cases, last the highest single day spike was reported on October 6 when 629 cases were reported.
The number of active patients is 2,813 and the positivity rate is 1.52 per cent while 39,423 tests have been conducted in the last 24 hours.
With 65 cases, Maharashtra has reported the highest incidence of the new Omicron strain. It is followed by Delhi with 64 cases, Telangana with 24, Rajasthan (21), Karnataka (19), Kerala (15) and Gujarat (14).
City recorded 1 death due to coronavirus on Thursday which pushed its fatality count to 16,367 as per data released by the city's civic body.
May 17 had reported the lowest count rate with just 17,640 tests. Till date, 133,31,140 tests have been conducted in the city.
Meanwhile, the doubling rate in Mumbai has increased to 2,813 days, while the weekly growth rate has declined to 0.02 percent.
There are total 0 containment zones in the city and 13 buildings have been sealed as per today's data. Recovery rate of Mumbai district has increased to 97 percent.
