State records 2,630 cases and 42 covid deaths in last 24 hrs

Maharashtra on Saturday reported 2,630 new infections and 42 covid-19 fatalities, pushing its tally to 20,23,814, with 51,042 deaths so far. Moreover the number of covid-19 recovered patients has increased to 19,27,335 with 1,535 patients being discharged in the last 24 hours, with recovery rate touching to 95.23 per cent. Mumbai, meanwhile reported 429 new cases and nine COVID19 deaths on Saturday, increasing the total count to 3,08,486, with 11,343 fatalities till now. Suresh Kakani, Additional Municipal Commissioner said the cases in the city are under control due to which the doubling rate has also increased to 557 from 365 which was until January 1. “We are getting all positive signs of cases being controlled as most of them are following COVID norms properly except few of them. Moreover people are now also coming forward for taking covid-19 vaccines compared to what it was on day 1,” he said.