Covid19: Cases of coronavirus infection dipped by 50 per cent on Monday as compared to the previous day in Maharashtra after the state recorded 328 cases, the state health department said. The active tally stood at 81,50,257 while the death toll rose to 1,48,460.
Meanwhile, Mumbai reported a single fatality. On Sunday, Maharashtra reported 788 Covid cases and a single fatality. With the new additions on Monday, the state is now left with 4,667 active cases. At 228, Mumbai circle reported the highest number of cases on Monday, followed by 50 cases in Pune circle, 18 in Nagpur circle, 10 in Akola circle, 8 in Latur circle, and five cases each in Nashik circle and Kolhapur circle, the department said.
Mumbai city saw 95 fresh cases and a single fatality, taking the tally of infections to 11,58,060 and the Covid death toll in the city to 19,750. Meanwhile, the use of face masks has been made mandatory for employees, patients and visitors in all civic-run hospitals in Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Monday. The step has been taken as a safety measure, it said.
The number of recoveries in Maharashtra increased to 79,97,130 on Monday after 247 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, as per the report. The current Covid recovery rate in the state stands at 98.12 per cent and the fatality rate is 1.82 per cent. A total of 6,503 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours in Maharashtra which raised the count of samples tested so far to 8,67,10,866, the health department said.
Of the 4,667 active cases in the state, the highest number of such cases (1,454) are from Mumbai districts (Mumbai and Mumbai suburban), followed by 850 active cases in Thane district and 756 in Pune district. Coronavirus figures of Maharashtra are as follows: Positive cases 81,50,257, fresh cases 328, death toll 1,48,460, recoveries 79,97,130, active cases 4,667, and total tests 8,67,10,866.
Delhi records 484 fresh cases
Delhi on Monday logged 484 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 26.58 per cent, meaning that nearly one in every four people tested returned a positive result, according to data shared by the city government's Health department.
Three people suffering from COVID-19 died in the national capital. However, the health bulletin stated that COVID-19 was not the primary cause of death. With the addition of the fresh cases, Delhi's COVID-19 tally has risen to 20,15,121. The death toll stands at 26,543, the bulletin stated.
Delhi logged 699 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 21.15 per cent on Sunday while four patients had died. The city recorded 535 cases on Saturday with a positivity rate of 23.05 per cent. The national capital logged 733 cases -- the highest in more than seven months -- on Friday with a positivity rate of 19.93 per cent.
On Thursday, 606 cases were recorded with a positivity rate of 16.98 per cent, and one fatality. On Wednesday, Delhi added 509 cases with a positivity rate of 26.54 per cent, the highest in nearly 15 months. In January last year, the positivity rate had touched the 30-per cent mark.
According to the bulletin, 1,821 COVID-19 tests were conducted in Delhi on Sunday. Delhi has witnessed a spurt in the number of fresh Covid infections over the last fortnight amid a sharp rise in H3N2 influenza cases in the country. The number of fresh cases had dropped to zero on January 16, the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic.
India Covid numbers
India logged 5,880 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours. According to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday, the active tally has increased to 35,199. The death toll has increased to 5,30,979 with 14 deaths. While four deaths each were reported from Delhi and Himachal Pradesh, one each was reported from Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra and Rajasthan and two reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 6.91 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was pegged at 3.67 per cent. The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.47 crore (4,47,62,496).
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