Maha sees sharpest 1-day spike of 8,641 Covid cases

MUMBAI: Maharashtra on Thursday recorded its highest singleday spike of 8,641 fresh Covid-19 cases, second in excess of 8,000, taking the tally to 284,281. The state has 114,648 active cases. Maharashtra also recorded 266 fatalities on Thursday — its second-highest jump — taking the toll to 11,194.

On Thursday, 5,527 patients were discharged in the state, pushing the tally of recoveries to 158,140. The state had breached the 8,000 cases mark for the first time on July 11 with 8,139 cases.

Mumbai, meanwhile, recorded 1,476 new infections, taking the city’s total to 97,950. Mumbai has 24,307 active cases. It also recorded 56 new fatalities, pushing the city’s toll due to the disease to 5,523. The case fatality rate (CFR) in Mumbai stands at 5.6%, while the recovery rate is 70%. On July 15, Mumbai conducted 7,000 Covid-19 tests, among the highest number of tests conducted in a single day.

Till date, Mumbai has conducted 415,390 tests.

Besides Mumbai, its surrounding areas continued to contribute a chunk of the fresh cases. Thane city and Thane district recorded 427 and 401 new cases, respectively. Kalyan-Dombivli recorded 590 new cases, taking the satellite city’s tally to 16,661. VasaiVirar and Mira Bhayander recorded 326 and 134 new cases, respectively. Navi Mumbai recorded 285 new cases, while Ulhasnagar recorded 208 fresh infections. Pune city recorded 1,584 new cases, taking the city’s tally to 33,680, while Pune district and Pimpri-Chinchwad recorded 327 and 555 cases on Thursday.