<p id="thickbox_headline">Mumbai reported 960 new Covid-19 cases on Monday as daily count dropped below the 1,000-mark for the first time after December 27, 2021, while 11 more patients die due to the infection, the city civic body said.</p>.<p>With this, the tally of coronavirus infections in the city rose to 10,46,590, while the death toll increased to 16,623, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a bulletin.</p>.<p>In January 2022, Mumbai has reported 2,61,480 Covid-19 cases and 247 deaths as against 22,229 infections and 38 fatalities in December 2021, BMC data showed.</p>.<p>The third wave in Mumbai had started around December 21 and peaked in early January. Mumbai had logged 20,971 Covid-19 cases on January 7, 2022, the highest in a day since the pandemic broke out in March 2020.</p>.<p>On the second day in a row, the daily Covid-19 cases have gone down in the financial capital. The city has reported 200 less cases than the count on Sunday, when it had registered 1,160 infections and 10 fatalities.</p>.<p>The daily Covid-19 cases have dropped below the 1,000-mark for the first time after December 27, 2021, when Mumbai had logged 809 cases and three fatalities.</p>.<p>The city's positivity rate dipped to 2.10 per cent from 2.25 per cent a day ago. The rate indicates the percentage of people who test positive for the virus of those overall who have been tested. In the last 24 hours, 45,618 Covid-19 tests were carried out in the city taking their cumulative tally to 1,52,89,441. </p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH videos:</strong></p>
<p id="thickbox_headline">Mumbai reported 960 new Covid-19 cases on Monday as daily count dropped below the 1,000-mark for the first time after December 27, 2021, while 11 more patients die due to the infection, the city civic body said.</p>.<p>With this, the tally of coronavirus infections in the city rose to 10,46,590, while the death toll increased to 16,623, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a bulletin.</p>.<p>In January 2022, Mumbai has reported 2,61,480 Covid-19 cases and 247 deaths as against 22,229 infections and 38 fatalities in December 2021, BMC data showed.</p>.<p>The third wave in Mumbai had started around December 21 and peaked in early January. Mumbai had logged 20,971 Covid-19 cases on January 7, 2022, the highest in a day since the pandemic broke out in March 2020.</p>.<p>On the second day in a row, the daily Covid-19 cases have gone down in the financial capital. The city has reported 200 less cases than the count on Sunday, when it had registered 1,160 infections and 10 fatalities.</p>.<p>The daily Covid-19 cases have dropped below the 1,000-mark for the first time after December 27, 2021, when Mumbai had logged 809 cases and three fatalities.</p>.<p>The city's positivity rate dipped to 2.10 per cent from 2.25 per cent a day ago. The rate indicates the percentage of people who test positive for the virus of those overall who have been tested. In the last 24 hours, 45,618 Covid-19 tests were carried out in the city taking their cumulative tally to 1,52,89,441. </p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH videos:</strong></p>