Mumbai Logs 6,032 New Covid Cases, Delhi Witnesses Slight Jump With 13,785 Fresh Infections

While Mumbai witnessed marginal dip in daily Covid caseload, Delhi saw a jump of over 2000 infections compared to yesterday.

A crowded Dadar market in Mumbai. (Image: PTI)

Mumbai: Witnessing yet another marginal drop in daily Covid-19 caseload, Mumbai on Wednesday reported 6,032 new infections, after reporting 6,149 cases a day ago. 

As per latest figures, the active caseload in the financial capital now stands at 31,856 with the cumulative Covid tally reaching 10,17,999 mark.

#CoronavirusUpdates
19th January, 6:00pm

Positive Pts. (24 hrs) - 6032
Discharged Pts. (24 hrs) - 31856

Total Recovered Pts. - 9,66,985

Overall Recovery Rate - 95%

Total Active Pts. - 31856

Doubling Rate - 66 Days

Growth Rate (12 Jan - 18 Jan)- 1.03%#NaToCorona

— माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC (@mybmc) January 19, 2022

The city also registered 12 Covid related deaths and 18,241 recoveries in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, the daily Covid death toll went slightly up compared to the count of seven on Tuesday.

As many as 538 people were admitted to hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the total hospitalisation tally to 5,038 in the city, the latest updated bulletin released by the health department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation revealed.

Additionally, Maharashtra reported as many as 43,697 new Covid-19 cases, 49 deaths and 46,591 recoveries in the last 24 hours. Actives cases in the state now stand at 2,64,708.

214 new patients with Omicron infection have been reported in Maharashtra today.

Delhi Covid-19 Tally

Meanwhile, Delhi continued to witness a downward spiral of infections with the city reporting 13,785 new Covid cases, 16,580 recoveries and 35 deaths in the last 24 hours. 

However, today's tally was up by a little over 2,000 cases compared to what the national capital recorded on Tuesday - i.e. 11,684 Covid infections.

With today's numbers, active cases in Delhi now stand at 75,282 with the positivity rate being at 5.11 per cent.

Earlier in the day, Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain pointed out that positivity rate in the city is not low enough to lift the restrictions imposed to contain the spread of the infection. 

Delhi had logged 28,867 Covid-19 cases last Thursday, the sharpest single-day spike since the beginning of the pandemic. The number then declined to 24,383 on Friday, 20,718 on Saturday, 18,286 on Sunday, 12,527 on Monday, and 11,684 on Tuesday.

Despite the spike recorded in the national capital last week, Jain said that daily hospital admissions have not increased for one week.

Jain reiterated that the ongoing wave of the pandemic has peaked and is on the decline in Delhi. "We hope that its descent is as sharp as its rise. Let us wait for a few more days," he said.