The total number of active COVID-19 cases in Mumbai has declined from 34,136 in September to the current 18,000 but what remains a cause of concern for the city is the number of deaths it continues to report. While the months of August and September saw 1,305 and 1,279 deaths due to the disease respectively, which means an average of 42 deaths per day; the first 20 days of October saw 900 deaths, which is an average of 45 deaths per day. Also, the number of symptomatic and serious patients is still above 8,000. The number of new cases registered in October till now has already reached 38,000 and even the deaths continue to remain high compared to the last two months. In August and September the number of deaths had reduced compared to that in July.

While the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) claims that the doubling period of cases has increased and the number of active patients is half of that of September, the number of symptomatic and serious patients is still 8,597. As per official figures, currently there are 7,340 symptomatic and 1,257 critical patients undergoing treatment. On September 18, when the number of active patients had touched an all-time high of 34,136, there were 8,376 symptomatic and 1,233 critical patients.