Mum Records 2,624 Cases, Down From 11,000-Plus In Early April

Mumbai: Almost a month after Mumbai logged its worst single-day tally of 11,206 Covid-19 cases, the graph dipped sharply on Monday, with 2,624 cases detected in a 24-hour period. While the 23,542 tests done to detect these cases were lower than the city's daily average of 44,000 (in April), officials said the worst appears to be over as far as the second wave is concerned.

- Malathy Iyer & Bhavika Jain

However, the daily toll remains high with 78 deaths recorded on Monday, showing a daily case fatality rate (CFR) of 2.9%, almost twice the daily CFR reported last week. Officials have maintained that the daily toll will plateau this week and start dropping thereafter. The city's tally so far is 6.58 lakh cases and 13,372 deaths.

Similarly, Maharashtra had a 15% dip in daily detection and fatalities on Monday, the second consecutive day of a decline in cases. The state had 48,621 cases and 567 deaths, taking total cases to 47.7 lakh while the toll touched 70,851.