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Mumbai: COVID-19 cases mount to 87,513 death toll reaches 5,061

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: July 9, 2020 10:19 IST

The coronavirus death toll in Mumbai crossed the 5,000-mark on Wednesday with 62 new fatalities, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ...

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The coronavirus death toll in Mumbai crossed the 5,000-mark on Wednesday with 62 new fatalities, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

While the death toll reached 5,061, the tally of coronavirus cases in the country's financial capital rose to 87,513 with 1,381 new patients found since Tuesday evening.

The number of recovered COVID-19 patients rose to 59,238 with 1,101 persons discharged from hospitals during the day, the BMC said.

The city has now 23,214 active cases. 897 new suspected patients were admitted since previous evening.

The recovery rate in the city has increased to 68 per cent while the overall growth rate of COVID-19 cases between July 1 to 7 improved to 1.52 per cent and the average doubling rate of cases was 45 days, informed the BMC.

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