Mumbai, June 12 (PTI) The number of coronavirus cases in Mumbai rose to 55,357 on Friday with 1,372 new patients detected, while death toll reached 2,042 with 90 patients dying, said a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) release.

943 patients were discharged from the hospitals, thus the number of recovered coronavirus patients in the country's financial capital increased to 25,152, it said.

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The city has now 28,163 active COVID-19 cases while 805 new suspected patients were admitted at various hospitals.

On Wednesday and Thursday, the city had recorded 97 deaths and over 1,500 COVID-19 cases on both days. The numbers declined a little on Friday.

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Of 90 deaths reported on Friday, 65 were owing to various co-morbidities, the BMC said.

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