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Maha sees sharpest 1-day spike of 14,888 infections
TALLY 718,711 295 deaths take state’s toll to 23,089; city’s count rises by 1,854
MUMBAI: Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded its highest single-day jump in Covid-19 cases with 14,888 new infections, taking the state’s tally of confirmed cases to 718,711. The record high comes after the state clocked a relatively lower number of cases for three days before Wednesday.
The previous single-day high was recorded on August 22 at 14,492 cases.
The active cases in the state stood at 172,873. On Wednesday, 7,637 discharges were recorded, taking the tally of recovered patients to 522,427.
The state reported 295 fatalities due to the disease, taking the toll to 23,089. Of the fatalities on Wednesday, 211 were from the previous 48 hours and 58 were from last week. The remaining 26 deaths were from the period before last week.
Maharashtra tested 69,116 samples, as per the data of the health department. The positivity rate on Wednesday was at 21.54%,
Mumbai, meanwhile, recorded a higher number of cases with 1,854 new infections. However, the increase in numbers was attributed to data adjustment. On Tuesday, Mumbai reported 587 new cases, owing to a technical issue on the website of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The backlog of Tuesday’s cases was added on Wednesday.
Brihanmumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC) in a statement said, “Due to ICMR portal update, yesterday’s [Tuesday’s] remaining case figures are added in today’s [Wednesday’s] reports.”
The city civic body has not provided any breakup of the adjusted data. Mumbai reported 28 fatalities, taking the city’s death toll to 7,505
Mumbai’s highest single-day jump in cases was recorded on June 27 with 2,077 cases, followed by 1,751 cases on May 22 and 1,725 cases on May 24. So far, 112,743 patients have recovered and been discharged post Covid-19 treatment in Mumbai.