The capital city had reported 288 cases yesterday and 258 cases a day before.
Out of the 162 fresh cases, 45 cases were detected among quarantined people and the rest 117 cases were reported from local contacts.
With this, the Covid-19 tally of the BMC area has increased to 1,09,240.
The civic body also said that as many as 153 people of the city have been recovered from the virus in the past 24 hours.
To date, a total of 1,04,869 Covid-19 patients of the BMC area have been cured while 1,009 people succumbed to the virus.
The active cases of the city currently stand at 3,341 said the BMC.
