Navi Mumbai registers 52 new COVID-19 cases; three deaths

Navi Mumbai reported 52 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday (December 15) talking the tally up to 49,767. While 47,705 people have made a complete recovery from this disease, three deaths have been reported and the death toll now stands at 1,019. At present 1,043 patients are undergoing treatment in Navi Mumbai. While the recovery rate is at 95 per cent.

On Tuesday, 10 new cases were found in Belapur, 19 in Nerul, five in Vashi, two in Turbhe, four in Koparkhairane, seven in Ghansoli, four in Airoli and one in Digha.

While, the recovered patients are 34 from Belapur, 19 from Nerul, 16 from Vashi, 12 from Turbhe, 14 from Koparkhairane, six from Ghansoli, 31 from Airoli and three from Digha.

Due to the decline in the number of coronavirus patients in the COVID care centres as many as nine COVID care centres are closed in Navi Mumbai. The municipal hospital at Vashi has been turned into a general hospital. While the health workers from the nine closed care centres have been shifted to hospitals in Nerul and Airoli.

Maharashtra reported 3,442 new COVID-19 cases, 4,395  recoveries and 70 deaths on Tuesday (December 15), taking the total number of cases in the state to 18,86,807. There are 71,356 active cases in the state and 17,66,010 patients have recovered so far. The death toll is at 48,339 in Maharashtra.

In total 1,18,06,808 people have been tested in Maharashtra. The states recovery rate is 93.60 per cent, while the mortality rate is 2.56 per cent. Currently, 4,316 people are institutional quarantine and 5,24,059 are home quarantine.

Meanwhile, India reported 26,382 new COVID-19 cases, 33,813 recoveries and 387 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the tally up to 99,32,548 according to the data by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday (December 15). While in total 94,56,449 have completely recovered. The death toll is at 1,44,096 in the country. At present, there are 3,32,002 active cases. According to the ICMR, 15,66,46,280 samples have been tested up to December 15.

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