Maharashtra’s Covid-19 Case Count Rises by 6,059, Death Toll at 112 | Mumbai News


MUMBAI: The number of positive coronavirus patients in Maharashtra reached 16,45,020 on Sunday with the addition of 6,059 cases, the state health department said. As the virus claimed 112 more lives in the state, the death toll rose to 43,264, he said.
A total of 5,648 patients were discharged during the day, bringing the recovery count to 1460,755, the department said in a statement.
There are currently 1,40,486 active cases and so far, 86,08,928 people have been tested statewide to see if they were infected or not.
The state’s recovery rate is 88.8 percent, while the death rate is 2.63 percent.
Mumbai saw an increase of 1,222 cases on Sunday and reported 46 deaths. With this, the total count of cases in the city rose to 2.51,281 and deaths to 10,105.
The Mumbai metropolitan region, which includes the country’s financial capital and its satellite cities, reported 2,210 new cases.
The region’s case count has now risen to 5,71,366, while 56 recent deaths brought the figure to 17,713.
The city of Nashik reported 113 new cases, the city of Pune 298, the city of Pimpri Chinchwad 150 and the city of Nagpur 276 cases.

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