Record rise of 13,165 cases as surge likely till mid-sept
MAHA TALLY 628,642 State breaches 21,000 mark in Covid-19 fatalities with 346 deaths
MUMBAI: Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded its highest single-day jump in Covid-19 infections with 13,165 new cases, taking its tally to 628,642, even as officials expect the daily caseload record to be broken multiple times owing to increased testing, at least till mid-september. The state also breached the 21,000 mark in fatalities with 346 deaths reported, taking the toll to 21,033. Active cases in the state have climbed to 160,413.
The previous highest singleday spike recorded in the state was on August 8 with 12,822 cases. Of the deaths reported on Wednesday, 249 were from the previous 48 hours and 59 were from last week. The remaining 38 deaths were from the period before last week. The recovery rate of the state improved to 71.09%, with 9,011 people discharged on Wednesday. So far, 446,881 have recovered in the state.
Mumbai, meanwhile, reported 1,132 new infections, taking the city’s tally to 131,542. Mumbai reported 46 fatalities, taking its death toll to 7,268. Besides Mumbai, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) reported 2,318 new cases and 63 fatalities. Senior state government officials said the rate of infection was still high in MMR.
An official said the situation in municipal corporations in the MMR needed to come under control as a chunk of population from these areas travel to Mumbai for work and other economic activities. “Mumbai is showing signs of stabilising with a weekly growth rate under 1%. If the movement of people from these areas increases to Mumbai, then cases can go up in the city. The state had not recommended restarting the suburban railway service as cases were high in the MMR,” he said, requesting anonymity. The state government on Wednesday allowed resumption of inter-district bus service of the state transport corporation from Thursday.
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