Mumbai reports 2nd lowest COVID-19 tally so far in July

Mumbai's COVID-19 tally on Tuesday rose to 94,863 with the addition of 969 new cases, while 70 more patients succumbed to the infection, taking the toll to 5,402, the city civic body said.

This was second time this month that the number of single-day cases dropped below the 1,000-mark. On July 7, 806 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the metropolis.

However, the number of single-day deaths, which had dropped below 50 in the last three days, shot up to reach 70 in the past 24 hours.

According to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) the average doubling rate of COVID-19 infection in the city improved to 52 days, while the average growth rate dropped to 1.34 per cent.

The number of recovered COVID-19 patients increased to 66,633 after 1,011 more persons were discharged from hospitals in the metropolis, it said.

The city has 22,828 active cases, while 932 new suspected COVID-19 patients were admitted to hospitals, the civic body said.