Mid-Day, Mumbai's hospitalisation figures have seen a substantial upsurge in the last 11 days. Private hospitals saw a rise of 187 per cent in ICU admissions whereas public hospitals reported an increase of 117 per cent.
Most of the patients include the elderly. Mumbai is contributing to 50% of Maharashtra's Covid burden. In the last 24 hours across Maharashtra, 4,004 more people tested positive for Covid-19.
Now the cumulative tally of the virus in the state has reached 79,35,749 and the total toll to 1,47,886. The number of active cases in the state stands at 23,746 after 3,085 patients were discharged today, taking the tally of recoveries to 77,64,117.
The covid-19 case recovery rate in the state now stands at 97.84% while the fatality rate is 1.86%, the state health department added.