MUMBAI: Within a 24-hour span, the Covid tally in Maharashtra rose by over 80% with Mumbai and the satellite cities of Thane and Navi Mumbai accounting for more than 90% of Tuesday's caseload of 1,881 cases, reports Malathy Iyer.
The rise in Mumbai was 83%-from 676 on Monday to 1,242 on Tuesday. The daily tally in the city crossed the 1,000-mark after five months, with the previous highest single-day tally on January 29 (1,411 cases). Pune, however, reported a case of Omicron variant BA.5-a woman, 31, who was asymptomatic and has recovered. Public health doctors said more testing had thrown up more cases, indicating a surge, but they ruled out fears of a fourth wave.
