Covid News Live News Updates: Mumbai Covid cases double the March tally in 4 days of June - The Economic Times

According to a ToI report, the Covid-19 caseload on the first four days of June the rapidly rising Covid graph in Maharashtra and Mumbai. The June tally so far for the city is 3,095, which is double the entire caseload for March (1,519), almost 60% of the April cases (1,795) and over 50% of the May burden (5,838).Mumbai on Saturday reported 889 new coronavirus infections, an increase from 763 cases added a day before.The caseload in the metropolis thus rose to 10,68,897, and death toll reached 19,568, a civic official said.The city had recorded 846 cases on February 4, after which the cases declined. But the numbers began to increase in the last few days.The recovery count increased by 329 to touch 10,45,035, leaving the city with active caseload of 4,294, up from 3,735 on Friday.Of the 889 new cases, only 45 needed hospitalisation and three of them required oxygen support, the official said, adding that currently 154 COVID beds are occupied in the city and 14 patients are on oxygen support.

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