Maha records over 100 Covid deaths in a day; tally 56,948
Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded 2,190 Covid-19 cases and in a grim first, more than 100 virus deaths in a day. The state’s toll went up to 1,897 with 105 fatalities, while the case tally stands at 56,948.
Of the cases, 37,125 are active ones, which come to 65.19% of the total, according to the state health department.
However, even as cases continued to increase, the state government is planning to give further relaxations from June 1. It is likely to adopt a “trial-and-errormethod” to deal with the situation as the number of cases have started rising in the districts with fewer cases after travel restrictions were relaxed. It is also deliberating on what to do in the red zones. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray hinted that further relaxations could be given, but it could be done on a “trial” basis to gauge the response of the people.
The state has recorded its highest single-day figure for deaths on two consecutive days. It had recorded 97 fatalities on
Tuesday.
Of Wednesday’s deaths, 32 were in Mumbai, 16 in Thane, 10 in Jalgaon, nine in Pune, seven each in Navi Mumbai and Raigad, six in Akola, four in Aurangabad, three each in Nashik and Solapur, two in Satara and one each in Virar, Panvel, Ahmednagar, Nagpur and Nandurbar. Also, a patient from Gujarat died in Mumbai.
Of the deaths, 50 were above 60 years of age, while 45 were in the age group of 40 to 59 years and the remaining 10 were below the age of 40 years. Of the deceased, 66 had high-risk co-morbidities, including diabetes, hypertension and heart ailments, health officials said.
The state has also recorded over 2,000 new infections for the tenth day in a row since May 17. On May 24, it had reported 3,041 cases. Meanwhile, Mumbai also reported 1,044 new cases on Wednesday.