Mumbai's count of COVID-19 cases jumps to 6875; death toll 290
Apr 30, 2020, 20:54 IST
Mumbai, Apr 30 () With the addition of 417 newcoronavirus positive cases on Thursday, the number of COVID-19patients in Mumbai city rose to 6,875, the BrihanmumbaiMunicipal Corporation (BMC) said.
The death toll in the metroplis went up to 290 as 20more persons died due to the infection, it said.
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According to the civic body, 45 patients weredischarged from various hospitals on Thursday, taking up thenumber of recovered cases to 1,472.
As many as 498 suspected patients have been admittedto various hospitals in the city, the BMC said.
Sources in the civic body said 1,459 containment zoneshave been created in the city, where at least one coronaviruspositive or suspected patient found. KKNP NP(This story has not been edited by www.businessinsider.in and is auto–generated from a syndicated feed we subscribe to.)