MUMBAI: Maharashtra reported 9,855 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, bringing the infection count in the state to 21,79,185, a health department official said.
While the state recorded more than 9,000 cases after a long time, the death toll rose to 52,280 with 42 new deaths, he said.
Up to 6,559 patients have been discharged from hospitals since Tuesday night, bringing the number of recovered patients to 20,43,349.
Maharashtra’s recovery rate from Covid-19 cases is 93.77 percent, while the death rate is 2.40 percent, the official said.
Up to 87,627 tests were performed in the last 24 hours, bringing the number of samples tested for the coronavirus in the state to 1,65,09,506.
Of these, 21.79,185 samples tested positive, which means that the positivity rate is 13.20 percent.
Currently 3,60,500 people are in home quarantine and 3,701 are in institutional quarantine, while there are 82,343 active COVID-19 patients in the state.
Mumbai reported 1,121 new cases of COVID-19, raising the count in the state capital to 3,28,742, and the death toll rose to 11,487 with six new deaths in the city.
Up to 857 new cases were detected in Pune’s municipal boundaries, bringing the count to 2,11,256, while a new death brought the death toll there to 4,579.
The Nagpur, Nashik, Aurangabad and Amravati municipal corporation areas reported 924, 593, 449 and 483 new cases of COVID-19, respectively.
The coronavirus figures for Maharashtra are as follows: total cases 21,79,185, new cases 9,855, total deaths 52,280, total recoveries 20,43,349, active cases 82,343, total tests performed 1,65,09,506.
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