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With 552 new coronavirus cases new to the state, Maharashtra’s Covid-19 case count surpassed 8,500 marks today. The total number of cases increased to 8,590, according to state health officials. Along with that, the state also reported 27 more deaths from the highly contagious virus, bringing the overall number to 369.
However, 94 patients were discharged today after fully recovering from infections, bringing the total number of patients cured in the state to 1,282, the official added.
Of these, Mumbai reported 395 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the count to 5,589. With 15 more deaths, the death toll rose to 219 in the city.
Additionally, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), 13 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Dharavi, Asia’s largest slum in Mumbai today, bringing the total number of cases to 288, including 14 deaths in that area.
Accessing the containment areas, the Pune City Joint Police Commissioner, Ravindra Shisve, extended the period of the order that declared the Pune Municipal Corporation area as a containment zone, until May 3.
In addition, 11 members of the Tablighi Jamaat of Indonesia who were arrested on April 23 after their quarantine period ended have now been placed in police custody until April 28, 2020, DCP Zone 9 said. Initially, 10 of these members were quarantined and one had been tested. positive. The arrest was made after the results were negative.
With the new numbers, Maharashtra continues to be the most affected state in the country since the outbreak. Meanwhile, the total number of Covid-19 positive cases in the country increased to 28,380 today, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The number of deaths from the highly contagious disease has reached 886 since the outbreak, as 60 deaths have been reported since yesterday, he added.
