Mumbai: It's summertime and with Covid-19 cases coming down, tourists are returning to their favourite hotspots. In Mumbai, the zoo has been getting a lot of visitors, young and old alike. And on a hot summer day, visitors had gala time as they saw a tiger swimming in a pond inside a zoo enclosure, trying to beat the heat.


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Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Tuesday recorded 113 fresh coronavirus cases, 72 more than a day ago, and four deaths linked to the infection, while 127 patients recovered from the disease, the health department said. With these additions, the state's overall Covid-19 tally rose to 78,75,324, while the death toll increased to 1,47,820, the department said in a bulletin. On Monday, the state had recorded 41 cases and zero fatality. All four Covid-19 fatalities were reported from Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation areas in the adjoining Thane district, the bulletin said. The case fatality rate in the state stood at 1.78 per cent.


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Mumbai city reported 52 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, accounting for nearly half of the statewide tally. The health department said 127 people recovered from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking their cumulative number to 77,26,790 and leaving the state with 714 active cases.


(With Agency inputs)


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