Maharashtra sees second highest single-day cases

Four lakh Covid patients have recovered in Maharashtra, with 10,484 being recovered in the last 24 hours, increasing the number of patients discharged to 4,01,442 so far. The recovery rate has now increased to 70 per cent in the state which is less than Mumbai recovery rate which is 79.23 per cent. Meanwhile the state has recorded the second highest singleday cases, with 12,608 new infections being reported on Friday, increasing the total count to 5,72,734 so far. The death toll has now increased to 19,427, with 364 fatalities reported in the last 24 hours.

The state attributed Thursday’s jump in fatalities to its data-cleaning exercise. It said of the 364 deaths, 277 were from the last 48 hours, 46 from last week and the other 41 from the period before that. Of the total deaths, 118 were from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), followed by 112 in Pune, 47 each in Nashik and Kolhapur, 22 in Latur, 20 in Nagpur, 12 in Aurangabad and six in Akola. Meanwhile, the Covid-19 death toll in Mumbai has crossed 7,000 mark, with 47 fatalities being recorded on Friday, increasing the number to 7,035. However, after two days the number of cases in Mumbai has dropped below 1,000, with 979 being recorded in the last 24 hours, taking the total positive count to 1,28,550. Officials said the cases going up is not a cause for concern as much as the increase in the deaths and the case fatality rate, which is 3.4 per cent and 5.5 per cent in the state and Mumbai respectively.