A commuter sits inside an empty Monorail, after authorities allowed its services open to people involved in essential services only, as coronavirus cases surge, in Mumbai, Friday. PTI Photo/Shashank Parade
MUMBAI: The Covid-19 tally in Mumbai increased by 7,221 on Friday to touch 6,16,221, while 72 deaths during the day took the toll to 12,648, an official said.
The day also saw 9,541 people getting discharged, taking the recovery count to 5,20,684, leaving the metropolis with an active caseload of 81,538, BMC data revealed.
The city's recovery rate is 84 per cent, while the daily case growth rate stands at 1.31 per cent, it showed.
With 41,826 samples being examined in the last 24 hours, the number of tests in Mumbai went up to 51,63,852, as per civic data.