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At 2,662, Mumbai reports lowest COVID-19 cases since mid-March
MUMBAI : Mumbai reported 2,662 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the lowest single-day count since mid-March, and 78 fresh fatalities, the city civic body said.According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)'s updated data, with the addition of 2,662 infections, the COVID-19 caseload in the metropolis rose to 6,58,866, while the death toll jumped to 13,408.In the last 24 hours, only 23,542 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the city, taking the number of samples examined so far to 55,13,783, the data showed.Monday's case count of 2,662 was the lowest daily tally since March 17, when the financial capital had recorded 2,377 infections.Generally, Mondays report fewer cases as compared to remaining days of the week due to a drop in number