Maharashtra notched a new record of 32,007 Covid-19 recoveries on Monday, even as the number of daily tally of deaths dropped from 455 to 344 and infections came down from 20,598 to 15,738 during the last 24 hours.
The state health authorities heaved a sigh of relief, as Maharashtra witnessed a record of sorts for the fourth consecutive day, as 15,738 people -- more the record recoveries of 22,078, 23,501 26,408 recorded on Friday, Saturday and Sunday respectively – were discharged from various hospitals on Monday after full recovery.
With the latest 32,007 recoveries, the total number of patients discharged from various hospitals after full recovery since the second week of March this year crossed 9 lakh-mark to touch a final tally of 9,16,348. The recovery rate rose to 73.84 per cent. The mortality rate in the state stood at 2.7 per cent. The number of “active cases” in the state came down to 2,74,623 from Sunday’s figure of 2,91,238.
With 344 deaths reported on Monday, the total deaths mounted from 32,671 to 33,015.
Similarly, with 15,738 fresh infections, the total infections in the state increased from 12,08,642 to 12,24,380.
Of the total 344 deaths, Nagpur accounted for 72 deaths, while there 42 deaths in Pune, 36 in Mumbai, 20 in Sangli, 18 in Jalgaon, 17 in Thane, 15 each in Dhule and Solapur and 12 deaths each in Nashik and Ahmednagar.
In the lower range, there were 8 fatalities each in Satara, Kolhapur, Osmanabad and Beed, 7 in Aurangabad, 6 each in Ratnagiri and Latur, 5 each in Amravati and Chandrapur, 4 each in Wardha, and Gondia, 3 in Nanded, 2 each in Palghar and Washim and one death each in Raigad, Nandurbar, Jalna, Hingoli, Parbhani, Yavatmal. In addition, three persons from outside the state died in Maharashtra.
With 36 deaths, Mumbai’s Covid-19 toll rose from 8,469 to 8,505 while the infected cases shot up by 1,837 to trigger a jump in the total infections from 184,439 to 186,276.
Pune district with 2,63,715 infected cases continued to be the worst-affected city-district in Maharashtra. The number of deaths in Pune increased from 5264 to 5306.
Thane district remained on the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – with 1,72,260 total cases, while the pandemic toll rose from 4529 to 4546.
Out of 59,12,258 samples sent to laboratories, 12,24,380 have tested positive (20.58 per cent) for COVID-19 until Sunday.
Currently, 18,58,924 people are in home quarantine while 35,517 people are in institutional quarantine.
