According to the data released by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), on Monday, July 26, Mumbai reported the lowest single-day addition after April 2020 with less than 300 fresh coronavirus cases.
With 299 new cases and eight fatalities, Mumbai's overall tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 7,34,418 and the death toll to 15,784.
Meanwhile, the count of recoveries in the city jumped to 7,10,849 after 501 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Monday, July 26.
As per BMC, 24,989 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. With this, the number of samples tested so far in Mumbai has gone up to 79,90,319.
The case growth rate in Mumbai between July 19, 2021, to July 25, 2021, dipped to 0.05 per cent whereas the average doubling rate of cases now stands at 1,324 days, the civic body said.
Mumbai is now left with only three containment zones spread in chawls and slums. The number of sealed buildings stands at 60.
Besides, reports suggest that in 2021, Mumbai had reported the highest 11,163 daily cases on April 4 whereas the lowest 328 cases were reported on February 1.
Moreover, it has been observed that the city has been logging less than 500 new COVID-19 cases for the last ten days in a row, though the daily count of fatalities remained in the range of eight to 14 in this period.
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