The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday said that testing for coronavirus will be ramped up in Mumbai as the test positivity rate in Maharashtra capital has jumped to 6%.
The Mumbai civic body warned saying that daily new Covid-19 cases have tremendously increased in the city. "With monsoon around the corner, we will now see a rapid rise in symptomatic cases," the BMC warned.
On Tuesday, Mumbai witnessed 506 new Covid-19 cases, the highest daily count since February 6 this year, which raised the tally of infections to 10,65,802.
The number of active Covid-19 cases went past 2,500 and reached 2,526. The number of recoveries in Mumbai stands at 10,43,710 while the coronavirus death toll remained unchanged at 19,566 with no fresh fatalities being reported during the day.