The city of Mumbai, on Tuesday, November 17, 2020, reported 541 new COVID19 cases, taking its tally to 2,70,654, while more than 1,500 COVID-19 patients recovered from the infection.
On Monday, the financial capital had reported 409 cases, the lowest daily count in the past several months. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) data, the death toll increased to 10,596 after 14 more patients succumbed to the infection. In the last 24 hours, 1,565 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the number of recovered cases to 2,47,339, about 91 per cent of the COVID19 tally.
The number of active COVID-19 cases dropped to 8,946 from 9,807 on Monday. Whereas, removal of 3,004 duplicate cases from the list as part of a data reconciliation process. The average doubling rate of COVID19 cases in the city has increased to 297 days, while the average growth rate has gone down to 0.23 per cent.
According to BMC's data, the city has 447 containment zones and 5,727 sealed buildings. The civic body seals a building or declares a containment zone after one or more patients from there test positive to the infection.
Health experts attributed this drop to the reduction in the number of COVID-19 testings by almost 50 per cent in the city, raising concerns about cases going undetected or picked up late in the infection.