Maharashtra: Close to 10 thousand new cases reported in a single day
Coronavirus pandemic situation in Maharashtra is getting scarier. The state that accounts for majority of Covid-19 cases in the country continued to be in the red on Sunday as it reported close to 10 thousand new infections in a day. 9518 new patients were detected in the state. This has put the tally of coronavirus tally beyond 3.10 lakh in the state. 258 deaths were recorded in the state on Sunday out of which, Mumbai alone accounted for 149. This has brought total number of deaths in the state to 11,854.
This is the first time that the number of new cases crossed the 9,000-mark in a single day. At 1,812, Pune city saw a record spike in cases in a
day, followed by 1,038 in Mumbai, which now has 1,01,388 cases.
Of 258 deaths, 64 occurred in Mumbai while 149 fatalities were reported from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), which is fast emerging as a new COVID hub. With the single-day rise of 475 cases, Kalyan Dombivaliregion in Thane disrtict, which is part of the MMR, now has 18,115 cases, followed by 17,226 in Thane city
The total number of cases in the MMR region reached 1,99,835 with 8,220 deaths as on Sunday, the health department said.
In other parts of the state, Pimpri Chinchwad township near Pune saw rise of 851 new cases in the day. Nashik city added 471 new cases while 194 new cases came to light in Aurangabad city.
Kolhapur district, excluding municipal limits, added 193 cases. Solapur district recorded 226 new cases,Pune district 386 cases, and Jalgaon district 104 cases.
A total of 3,906 patients were discharged in the day, taking the number of the recovered cases to 1,69,569, it said. The state now has 1,29,032 active cases.
The case recovery rate in the state now stands at 54. 62 per cent while the mortality rate is 3.82 per cent. A total of 15,64,129 people have been tested so far. While 7,54,370 people remained admitted in home quarantine,45,846 other are placed under institutional quarantine.
The COVID tally in Maharashtra is as follows:
Positive cases 3,10,455, deaths 11,854, recoveries 1,69,569, active
cases 1,29,032, people tested 15,64,129.
(With PTI inputs)
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