Mumbai | Covid
Mumbai's daily Covid positivity rate rises to 8.4 pct today with 739 new cases
Mumbai/IBNS: Mumbai's Covid-19 positivity rate or the number of cases per 100 tests has risen to 8.40 per cent from 6 per cent in the last 24 hours, the civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in its evening medical bulletin on Wednesday.
The city reported 739 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest since Feb 1 this year, when Mumbai reported 803 cases.
Mumbai's health authorities have told officials to immediately increase testing "on a war footing".
"Daily new cases have tremendously increased in Mumbai, with monsoon around the corner, we will now see a rapid rise in symptomatic cases," the BMC said.
The BMC wants the vaccination drive for the 12-18 years category and booster doses to be pushed aggressively.
Fearing another sharp rise in cases, the Mumbai civic body has asked field hospitals to be kept adequately staffed and on alert now.
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