Mumbai: COVID-19 cases mount to 80,262 death toll reaches 4,686

Mumbai's COVID-19 tally rose to 80,262 on Thursday with the addition of 1,554 new cases, while 57 fresh deaths took the toll to 4,686, the city civic body said.

Notably, while the tally of COVID-19 cases crossed the 80,000-mark, the number of recovered patients topped 50,000.

In a big jump in recoveries, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said 5,903 patients were discharged from hospitals in the past 24 hours - the highest in a day so far - taking the count of such cases to 50,694.

The civic body said that currently Mumbai has 2,4882 active patients and 798 new suspected coronavirus patients have been admitted in hospitals.

According to a BMC release, the COVID-19 case doubling rate of the city has declined to 41 days from 42 days.