Mumbai adds nearly 20,000 Covid cases as state’s daily count crosses 36k

As per the data provided by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), 20,181 new cases were recorded on Thursday in Mumbai, of which 17,154, or 85%, are asymptomatic while 1,170 had to be admitted to hospital. The difference in the daily case numbers of BMC and the state is because of the delay in update of data to the centralised server.

Mumbai has recorded a 4,524% rise in active cases in the last one month. On December 6, 2021, it had 1,714 active cases, which surged to 79,260 on January 6.

In Dharavi, said BMC officials, 107 of 1,115 people tested positive for the viral illness.

At present, there are 444 active cases and so far 7,626 cases have been recorded in the cluster. As per the data shared by Kiran Dighavkar, Assistant Municipal Commissioner, G-north ward (Dharavi, Dadar), during the second wave, single day cases reached 99 on April 8 last year and in the first wave, it was 94 cases on May 3, 2020.