Maha Covid tally up to 230,599; MMR accounts for major share

MUMBAI: Maharashtra on Thursday recorded 6,875 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking its tally to 230,599. The active cases in the state now stand at 93,652. The state also reported 219 new fatalities, pushing the toll up to 9,667.

Mumbai recorded 1,268 new cases and 68 fatalities, which took its tally to 89,124 and toll to 5,132. The active cases in Mumbai stand at 23,785.

Pune, meanwhile, continued to record more than 1,000 new cases daily, with 1,130 fresh cases taking the city’s tally to 25,758. It also recorded 18 fatalities on Thursday as its toll rose to 814. Pune’s adjoining Pimpri-Chinchwad recorded 413 new cases. Nashik city recorded 173 cases, while Jalgaon district recorded 110 new infections, 147 cases were reported from Pune district and 122 from Aurangabad city.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), excluding Mumbai, continued to contribute a chunk of the daily cases, with 40.96% of the total cases recorded in the state. Kalyan-Dombivli recorded 743 fresh infections on Thursday, Thane city 369, Navi Mumbai 251, Thane district 285,

Ulhasnagar 171, Mira-Bhayander, Vasai-Virar 222, Raigad 274, Panvel 193. Bhiwandi-Nizampur and Palghar recorded 50 and 49 new cases respectively.

The region has seen a surge in cases and has nearly doubled its tally in the past 15 days. Of the 70,538 total cases in MMR (excluding Mumbai) till July 9, 34,386 cases have come in the past 15 days alone. The number of cases that increased in the past fortnight account for 48.74% of the total cases recorded.

The region has so far recorded 1,786 fatalities.