Mumbai: COVID-19 cases mount to 64,068 death toll reaches 3,423

The number of coronavirus cases in Mumbai rose to 64,068 with 1,269 new patients reported on Friday while the death toll due to the pandemic reached 3,423 with 114 deaths, said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

Of 114 deaths, 55 deaths were recorded between June 16-18 and the remaining 59 had occurred before June 15. 79 of these patients died due to co-morbidities, the civic body said.

401 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the number of recovered patients in the city to 32,257. The city now has 28,388 active patients.

The civic body also claimed that the recovery rate of coronavirus patients in Mumbai is 50 per cent while the growth rate of cases is 2.15 per cent.

In seven of the 24 wards in Mumbai, the case growth rate is 1.5 per cent, it said.