The Covid-19 situation worsened in Mumbai on Tuesday, as a staggering 10,860 new positive cases were reported from various parts of the metropolis.
The 10,860 Covid-19 positive cases detected in Mumbai were among a total of 18,466 new cases reported from various parts of the State. With the 18,466 fresh cases, the total number of Covid-19 cases went up from 67,12,028 cases to 67,30494. Simultaneously, 75 Omicron cases were reported from various parts of the state taking the total number of Omicron cases detected in the state to 653.
Of the 75 Omicron cases, Mumbai accounted for a maximum of 40 cases, followed by nine cases in Thane, eight cases in Pune, five cases in Panvel, three cases each from Kolhapur and Nagpur, twom cases from Pimpri-Chinchwad and one case each from Bhiwandi-Nizampur, Ulhasnagar, Satara, Amravati and Navi Mumbai.
As 4,588 patients were discharged from the hospitals across the state after full recovery, the total number of people discharged from the hospitals since the second week of March last year increased from 65,14,358 cases to 65,18,916. The recovery rate in the state dropped from 97.05 per cent to 96.86 per cent.
The number of “active cases” in the state increased from 52,422 cases to 63,308. The fatality rate in the state stood static at 2.1 per cent.
Mumbai accounted for a maximum of 47,476 active cases, while there were 7953 active cases in Thane. There were 4202 active cases in Pune, followed by Palghar (1605), Raigad (1235), Nashik (998), Nagpur (526), and Satara (386) and Ahmednagar (380).
Of the 6,95,09,260 +samples sent to various laboratories across the state so far, 67,30,494 have tested positive (9.68 per cent) for COVID-19 until Tuesday.
Currently, 3,98888,391 people are in home quarantine while 1,110 people are in institutional quarantine.
Meanwhile, the State recorded 75cases of Omicron, taking the total number of new Covid-19 variant cases to 578 cases. All patients have been reported by the National Institute of Virology (NIV).
The following is the break-up of a total 653 Omicron cases recorded in the state so far, Mumbai: 408, PMC-71, Pimpri-Chinchwad—38, Pune rural --26, Thane MC- 22, Panvel –16, Nagpur—13, Navi Mumbai-10, Satara-8, Kalyan Dombivli —7 each, Osmanabad and Kolhapur – 5 each, Vasai-Virar-4, Nanded, Bhiwandi Nizampur —3 each, Aurangabad, Buldhana, Mira-Bhyandar Sangli, Sangli --2 each, Latur, Ahmednagar, Akola and Raigad, Ulhasnagar and Amravati—1 each.Of the total cases 259 patients have been discharged after a negative RT–PCR test.
In a related development, the authorities said the total number of passengers who arrived at Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur airports since December 1 was 2,29,429 (32,402 from At-risk countries and rest 1,96027 are from other countries), while passengers whose RT-PC tests have been done are 55,332 (33,402 are from high-risk countries and 21,930 are from other countries). Similarly, RT-PCR positive and samples sent for genomic sequencing was 563( 313are from at-risk countries and 250 are from other countries).
Additionally, field surveillance of all international passengers who have arrived since 1st November is underway.