Mumbai: City, state both log most daily cases since pandemic began

Mumbai: The state and the city smashed their previous single-day Covid-19 tallies to hit new peaks on Thursday. By adding 25,833 new infections, Maharashtra surpassed its previous record of 24,886 cases posted on September 11. Mumbai’s 2,877 new infections were more than its previous high of 2,848 cases recorded on October 10.

The silver lining was that Thursday’s Covid-19 deaths in the state were one-eighth of September 11 toll, and in the city it was one-sixth of October 10 toll, but then the Mumbai Metropolitan Region crossed the grim milestone of 20,000 deaths. The state’s overall caseload is now 23,96,340 and Mumbai’s 3,52,851.

In a Thursday meeting chaired by CM Uddhav Thackeray, the public health department presented a projection that at the current rate of growth, the state could have 3 lakh active cases by the first week of April (up from 1,66,353 now). Active cases have risen 114% since March 1.
Mumbai: The state and the city smashed their previous single-day Covid-19 tallies to hit new peaks on Thursday. By adding 25,833 new infections, Maharashtra surpassed its previous record of 24,886 cases posted on September 11. Mumbai’s 2,877 new infections were more than its previous high of 2,848 cases recorded on October 10.

The silver lining was that Thursday’s Covid-19 deaths in the state were one-eighth of September 11 toll, and in the city it was one-sixth of October 10 toll, but then the Mumbai Metropolitan Region crossed the grim milestone of 20,000 deaths. The state’s overall caseload is now 23,96,340 and Mumbai’s 3,52,851.

In a Thursday meeting chaired by CM Uddhav Thackeray, the public health department presented a projection that at the current rate of growth, the state could have 3 lakh active cases by the first week of April (up from 1,66,353 now). Active cases have risen 114% since March 1.
Mumbai: The state and the city smashed their previous single-day Covid-19 tallies to hit new peaks on Thursday. By adding 25,833 new infections, Maharashtra surpassed its previous record of 24,886 cases posted on September 11. Mumbai’s 2,877 new infections were more than its previous high of 2,848 cases recorded on October 10.

The silver lining was that Thursday’s Covid-19 deaths in the state were one-eighth of September 11 toll, and in the city it was one-sixth of October 10 toll, but then the Mumbai Metropolitan Region crossed the grim milestone of 20,000 deaths. The state’s overall caseload is now 23,96,340 and Mumbai’s 3,52,851.

In a Thursday meeting chaired by CM Uddhav Thackeray, the public health department presented a projection that at the current rate of growth, the state could have 3 lakh active cases by the first week of April (up from 1,66,353 now). Active cases have risen 114% since March 1.