Mumbai’s Covid-19 cases dip to 10,661; Delta still dominant strain in Maharashtra, says health official

#CoronavirusUpdates
15th January, 6:00pm

Positive Pts. (24 hrs) – 10661
Discharged Pts. (24 hrs) – 21474

Total Recovered Pts. – 8,99,358

Overall Recovery Rate – 91%

Total Active Pts. – 73518

Doubling Rate – 43 Days

Growth Rate (8 Jan – 14Jan)- 1.56%#NaToCorona

— माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC (@mybmc) January 15, 2022

The growth rate calculated between Jan 9 and Jan 14 is 1.56%.

Delta still dominant strain in Maharashtra, says health official

Amid the scare caused by the Omicron variant of Covid-19, a senior official of the Maharashtra health department said that the Delta strain, which wreaked havoc during the second wave of the pandemic last year, still accounts for the maximum number of cases in Maharashtra. Dr Pradeep Vyas, additional chief secretary of the health department, said in a letter to his colleagues on Wednesday that the Delta variant was found in 68 per cent of the over 4,200 samples analysed during genome sequencing , while the remaining 32 per cent patients were found infected with the Omicron strain, PTI reported.

Till Friday night, Maharashtra has reported 1,605 Omicron cases, while its overall Covid-19 tally had jumped to 71,24,278.