For 2nd day in a row, 8,000+ cases in state
Toll expected to cross 3-lakh mark by weekend
For the second consecutive day this week, more than 8,000 new corona cases were reported in the state on Friday, with 8,308 cases and 258 fatalities in the last 24 hours, for a total positive count of 2,92,589, with 11,452 deaths so far. Only a day before, there were 8,641 cases and 266 deaths reported. The overall count of cases in Maharashtra is expected to cross the three-lakh mark by the weekend.
In just a fortnight, Maharashtra has recorded 3,339 deaths. Since March 17, when the first death was recorded, it had taken the state 83 days to report 3,000 deaths. With a mortality rate of 3.9 per cent, the state ranks second to
Gujarat, for the maximum number of deaths and cases across India.
For the second day in a row, Pune Municipal Corporation reported more cases than Mumbai in the last 24 hours, with 1,539 cases and 21 fatalities, taking its progressive count to 35,219, with 978 deaths so far. However, Mumbai is only 1,000 away from the one-lakh cases milestone and will be the first city to have this dubious distinction. There were 1,228 cases and 62 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours. The total positive count increased to 98,979, with 5,582 deaths until now.
Of the 258 deaths, 139 were from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), 59 in Pune, 32 in Nashik division, 10 in Aurangabad, 11 in Latur, three in Kolhapur, two in Akola, one in Nagpur while one dead was from another state The number of those recovered in the state has increased to 1,60,357, with 2,217 patients being sent home on Friday.
Thane district currently has the maximum active infections in the state. Officials said that most cases were recorded in the last one month and it would be a while before those patients were discharged, considering that it takes anywhere from one to three weeks for a patient to recover. Across the state, those aged between 31 and 40 years have been most infected by Covid19, reveals an analysis of 2.55 lakh cases by the state medical education department.