Mumbai: In the last 7 days in Mumbai, the BMC has increased the testing, the cases of COVID have also registered an increase. According to the data received from the BMC Health Department, there has been a 50 percent increase in the number of tests in a week, while the new cases of COVID have also increased by 25 percent.
Similarly, the rising Omicron cases in Mumbai have become a cause for concern, but there has also been a slight increase in the cases of COVID. If we assess the data received from BMC Health Department, between December 7 and 13, 1 lakh 92 thousand 572 people were tested in Mumbai and 1468 new patients were found, while between December 14 and 20, 2 lakh 91 thousand 298 people were tested for COVID. and 1860 new COVID patients have been found. The above figures show that there has been an increase of 51.27 percent in the testing of COVID and a 25 percent increase in the number of infected.
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-Doctor. Daksha Shah, Deputy Executive Health Officer
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