Mumbai News Live: Mumbai sees highest-ever single-day spike in infections; positivity rate at
Mumbai Live News: Mumbai recorded 15,014 Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest single-day surge witnessed since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. The daily positivity rate, too, shot up to 25%. As the spread continues, officials at the public health department expects the city to record a further daily surge in cases over the next two weeks, which may even lead to increase in hospitalisation.
With the advent of the Omicron variant, which is more transmissible than its predecessor Delta, the active Covid-19 cases have surged over 30 times in a month– from 1,922 cases recorded on December 1, 2021 to 61,923 on Wednesday. According to the data provided by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), out of the 15,166 new cases recorded on Wednesday in Mumbai, 13,195 are asymptomatic (87%) whereas 1,218 patients have been admitted in hospitals.
Meanwhile, all residents of sealed buildings will have to undergo compulsory rapid antigen test (RAT) for detection of Covid-19 in K-west ward, comprising the western suburb of Andheri (west), in a first such decision by the civic body in the city. Strict action will be taken against the residents who refuse to undergo the test, reads a letter issued by the ward office on Tuesday.
