Although the number of corona affected people in Mumbai seems to be large, the number of patients recovering daily is high.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''Although the total number of corona patients has gone up to 101224 till July 19, so far 71685 of them have returned home after recovering.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''Now there are only 23828 active cases in the city. The recovery rate in Mumbai has gone up to 70 per cent.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''AIR Correspondent reports,&nbsp;the rate of number of corona positive cases in Mumbai has reduced to 1.21%.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''Till Sunday it was 1.26%. In 13 wards of the Mumbai civic body, it is less than 1.2%. Whereas the doubling rate has increased to 57 days in the city. On Sunday it was 55.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''In another development, the state government has provided 500 antigen test kits to Nanded district for early diagnosis of Covid 19.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''District surgeon Dr Nilkanth Bhosikar said another 5,000 antigen test kits will be available in three to four days.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''District collector Vipin Itankar has said that the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) available in private hospitals in Nanded district should be made available only to the critically ill patients.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, in order to provide health care services to the people in the rural areas of the state, Maharashtra government has decided to purchase 500 new ambulances.</span><br />
News On AIR | July 20, 2020 8:36 PM
Recovery rate of COVID-19 patients in Mumbai improves