Maha Covid tally crosses 700K; city sees 587 cases, lowest since May 12

MUMBAI: Maharashtra on Tuesday went past 700,000 Covid-19 cases, 170 days after the first infection, with 10,425 more patients taking the tally to 703,823. The latest 100,000 cases were recorded in only eight days. The state took 96 days for the first 100,000, 22 for the second, 14 for the third, 11 for the fourth, 10 for fifth and nine days for the tally to move from 500,000 to 600,000. Meanwhile, Mumbai, which was the country’s worst-hit city in the initial stage of the outbreak, has reported its lowest daily caseload after 105 days. The city reported 587 cases on Tuesday, taking its tally to 137,683.

Mumbai had reported 426 cases on May 12. The fewer number of cases, however, is owing to the technical glitches it faced with the ICMR website, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) clarified. The city has, however, witnessed a fall in fatalities over the past four days, as it reported 121 deaths at a daily rate of 30 fatalities, against the daily average of 45 in August. The city reported 1,124 deaths between August 1 and 25.

The state reported 329 new fatalities on Tuesday, taking the toll to 22,794 at a case fatality rate (CFR) of 3.24%. Of them, 241 deaths were reported in past 48 hours, 44 in the past week and remaining 44 were from the period before it. Pune district reported the highest fatalities at 58, of which 36 were in Pune city, 13 in rural parts of the district and nine in Pimpri-chinchwad. Kolhapur district saw 37 fatalities, while Mumbai and Raigad rural reported 35 fatalities each. Nagpur and Aurangabad districts reported 24 and 21 fatalities each.

Pune district remained on the top even in daily infections, by reporting 2,528 cases in the past 24 hours. Of them, 1,228 were in Pune city, 458 in rural Pune and 842 in Pimpri-chichwad. Nashik and Aurangabad cities, too, continued to be top contributors in daily infections with 675 and 605 cases respectively on Tuesday.