Mumbai, taking the cumulative tally to 10,53,413, said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday. The civic body also said that 316 of the 367 new cases of cases detected, or 86%, were asymptomatic, adding that, in the last 24 hours, only 50 patients were hospitalized and 14 needed oxygen support.
This was the fifth consecutive day when Mumbai's fresh coronavirus infections have remained below 500. In addition to this, one death was reported in the city during the day.
With this, the death toll in Mumbai has reached 16,679. In signs that the pandemic may be ebbing, civic data also showed that the caseload doubling time had increased from 949 days on Thursday to 1,055 days on Friday.
Further, while the positivity rate is 1.06%, the city is clear of containment zones and sealed buildings for the second consecutive day.