Glimmer of hope in Mumbai with positivity rate dropping
Mumbai reported 5,888 new Covid cases on Saturday evening - a significant drop from the 7,221 it reported on Friday and the 7,410 on Thursday
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Mumbai reported 5,888 new Covid cases on Saturday evening - a three-week low and a significant drop from the 7,221 it reported on Friday, the 7,410 on Thursday and the 7,684 on Wednesday. This is the lowest daily addition to its caseload since March 31, when 5,394 new cases were detected, and it is the first time since April 12 that the number of new daily cases is below the 7,000-mark.The number of deaths linked to the virus, however, remained roughly the same over the past three days - 71 on Saturday, 72 on Friday and 75 on Thursday.
The city - once the worst-affected in the country - conducted nearly 40,000 Covid tests over a 24-hour period ending this evening. On Friday approximately 42,000 tests were conducted.
The daily positivity rate has dropped to below 15 per cent from the 18 per cent recorded last week.