Mumbai reported 3,876 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the lowest daily count since March 30, while 70 more patients succumbed to the infection, the city civic body said.
According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)’s updated data, with the addition of 3,876 cases, the COVID-19 tally increased to 6,31,527, while the death toll jumped to 12,853.
As compared to Sunday, the metropolis has reported 1,666 fewer cases, but six more deaths. A day before, the financial capital had registered 5,542 new cases and 64 fatalities.
The city had witnessed 4,758 new cases on March 30 and after that, it registered a sudden surge in infections. On April 4, Mumbai had added a record 11,163 cases and 10,000-plus infections on a couple of days in the current month.
The number of daily cases has been gradually declining in the last few days.
In the last 24 hours, Mumbai saw 28,328 COVID-19 tests, the lowest this month, taking the number of samples examined so far to 52,72,062, the data showed.
Also, 9,150 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day, pushing the number of recovered cases to 5,46,861, the civic body said.
With this, the tally of active cases has gone down to 70,373, it said.
Surjitt Sahani
