The daily Covid-19 toll crossed 400-mark in Maharashtra for the second consecutive day on Friday, as 440 more deaths were reported in the state, while 21, 656 more people tested positive for Coronavirus.
A day after staggering 468 deaths were reported in the state, Maharashtra logged 440 more deaths on Friday, taking the total number of deaths to 31,791.
Of the 440 deaths recorded on Friday, 405 deaths were reported today while 35 old deaths were added to the tally after the updation of the Covid-19 portal.
With 21,656 fresh infected cases, the total number of infections jumped from 11,45,840 to 11,67,496.
Of the total 440 deaths (including 35 old deaths) reported on Friday, Nagpur accounted for a maximum of 64 fatalities, while there were 52 deaths in Mumbai, 39 in Pune, 34 in Satara, 32 in Thane, 21 each in Ahmednagar and Sangli, 16 each in Nashik and Jalgaon, 12 each in Solapur, Aurangabad and Latur and 11 deaths in Kolhapur and 10 in Yavatmal.
Similarly, in the lower range, there were 9 deaths in Raigad, 7 in Beed, 6 in Sindhudurg, 5 in Palghar, 4 each in Nanded and Gondia, 3 each in Dhule, Parbhani and Washim, 2 in Osmanabad and one each in Jalna, Hingoli, Akola, Amravati and Buldhana. In addition, two from outside the state died in Maharashtra.
In two highlights of the day, the districts of Nagpur, Satara, Ahmednagar, Sangli, Nashik and Jalgaon witnessed major spikes in deaths, while as many as six districts in the state recorded no-deaths.
With 52 deaths, Mumbai Covid-19 toll rose from 8,323 to 8,375 while the infected cases increased by 2,283 to trigger a jump in the total infections from 178,385 to 180,668.
Pune district with 2,53,554 infected cases continued to be the worst-affected city-district in Maharashtra. The number of deaths in Pune increased from 5059 to 5133.
Thane district remained on the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – with 1,66,982 total cases, while the pandemic toll rose from 4417 to 4449.
In a related development, as many as 22,078 patients were discharged from hospitals in the state after full recovery. As a result, the total number of patients discharged from various hospitals after full recovery since the second week of March this year went up to 8,34,432. The recovery rate stood at 71.49 per cent. The mortality rate in the state is 2.72 per cent. The state health authorities pegged the number of “active cases” in the state at 3,00,887.
Out of 56,93,345 samples sent to laboratories, 11,67,496 have tested positive (20.51 per cent) for COVID-19 until Friday.
Currently, 17,78,792 people are in home quarantine while 36,767 people are in institutional quarantine.