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Great News! Zero Covid cases reported in Mumbai for the past seven days

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Mumbai did not report any COVID-19 death for the seventh consecutive day on Thursday, but recorded 80 new cases of the infection, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

Mumbai Reports Zero Covid Deaths for Seventh Day in Row

With the addition of these cases, the city’s caseload reached 10,56,729, while the death toll remained unchanged at 16,691, it said. A total of 118 patients were discharged during the day, which raised the recovery count to 10,36,5076. There are now 650 active cases in the metropolis, the civic body said in its report.

With 16,671 tests being carried out in the past 24 hours, the overall test figure went up to 1,62,37,835. The recovery rate of the state capital now stands at 98 per cent and no area or building is currently sealed in the city.

Meanwhile, the state on Thursday recorded 12 fatalities and 467 new cases, including 243 Omicron infections, the state health department said. With the addition, the state’s coronavirus positive tally rose to 78,67,391 and toll to 1,43,718.

On Wednesday, the state had recorded 544 coronavirus positive cases, but did not report any fatality. The last time the state recorded zero death was on April 1, 2020.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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