: Covid-19: Mumbai reports 602 new infections, single-day caseload nearly triples since Monday #IndiaNEWS The single-day count of coronavirus cases in Mumbai has almost tripled in four days, rising

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Covid-19: Mumbai reports 602 new infections, single-day caseload nearly triples since Monday #IndiaNEWS
The single-day count of coronavirus cases in Mumbai has almost tripled in four days, rising from 204 on Monday to 602 on Thursday. The daily count of cases in the city has seen a consistent rise since the beginning of this week. On Tuesday, 327 cases were reported, while on Wednesday, the tally rose to 490.The positivity rate jumped to 1.5% on Thursday from 0.6% on Monday.On Thursday, the city also recorded the highest number of cases in a single day since October 10, when 629 infections were reported in Mumbai.Data from civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation showed that the suburban parts of Mumbai had more active cases than the island city. There were 2,813 active cases in Mumbai on Thursday.Mangala Gomare, the executive health officer at the civic body, told Scroll.in that an increase in social gatherings and laxity in use of masks were could be a reason for the surge in cases.“We have also increased testing from 30,000 samples [in a day] to 40,000-50,000 samples, which has led to more case detection,� Gomare addedThe health official, however, said it was unclear if the Omicron variant of Covid-19 was also responsible for the increase in number of cases.Mumbai is currently focusing its genome sequencing resources on international...Read more

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