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Mumbai | COVID-19
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Mumbai reports 490 new COVID-19 cases, big jump in 24 hours

| @indiablooms | Dec 23, 2021, at 04:28 am

Mumbai/IBNS: Mumbai on Wednesday reported 490 new Covid cases which coincided with Maharashtra recording the highest single-day spike in 48 days with 1,201 fresh Covid cases.

The financial capital saw a jump of more than 160 cases from the previous day but did not record any fatality caused due to the infection.

However, eight new Covid deaths were reported in the state.

The city had reported 204 Covid cases on Monday and 327 on Tuesday.

No new cases of the Omicron variant were, however, reported from the state on Wednesday.

A total of 65 cases of the fast-spreading strain have been detected in the state so far. Out of these, 35 have been discharged following a negative RT PCR test result.

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