State sees 2,940 cases, 99 deaths; 51% casualties happened in past fortnight

MUMBAI: Maharashtra on Saturday recorded 2,940 new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases, its second-highest spike in a day so far. With this, the state has also crossed the grim 65,000 mark as the case count stands at 65,168. Of them, 34,881 are active cases, which accounts for 53.52% of the total infections, according to the state health department.

On Saturday, it also reported 99 deaths, third highest in a day. The toll stands at 2,197. Of them, 40 deaths are from the past two days, while the rest are from the past 22 days, said health department.

The data also showed that the state recorded 1,129 deaths in the past 15 days. This is more than 51% of the total deaths — 2,197 — registered so far.

Mumbai also reported 1,510 new cases on Saturday. With this, the tally of the city reached 38,442 cases. Of them, 20,845 are active cases. On May 22, Mumbai had reported the highest one-day spike in cases — 1,751.

On Friday, the state had recorded 116 fatalities, highest so far. However, the government had clarified that 70 of them were from the past 13 days.

Of the 99 fatalities, 54 are in Mumbai, seven each in Vasai-Virar

and Panvel, six each in Thane, Pune and Solapur, three each in Raigad and Jalgaon, two each in Navi Mumbai and Kalyan-Dombivli and one died in Nagpur. Also, two patients each from Bihar and Rajasthan died in

Mumbai and Panvel respectively.

Of total deaths, 48 were above 60 years of age, while 49 were in the age group of 40 to 59 years and the remaining two were below the age of 40 years.

PRATIK CHORGE/HT People stand in queue outside the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Kurla, on Saturday.