Maharashtra has witnessed a record rise in single-day novel coronavirus cases in recent days. On Saturday, the worst affected state amid the pandemic outbreak in the country reported more than 20,000 positives for Covid-19 in a 24-hour span. This is the state’s highest single-day peak of new cases so far.
This is the fourth day in a row that Maharashtra has reported a record number of cases in a single day.
The second largest increase was recorded on Friday with 19,218 new cases emerging in the 24-hour period.
With 20,489 patients testing positive on Saturday, Maharashtra’s overall virus positive count has reached 8,83,862, according to the state’s health bulletin.
Along with that, the state also reported 312 recent deaths, increasing the death count to 26,276, he added.
Additionally, 10,801 people were discharged from the state today, bringing the number of recovered cases to 6,36,574, the official said.
Maharashtra currently has 2,20,661 active cases.
The city of Mumbai reported 1,737 new cases and 33 deaths, bringing its tally to 1,53,712 and the figure to 7,832, the official said.
The city of Pune reported 2,366 cases along with 32 deaths, bringing its infection count to 1,10,565 and the death toll to 2,724, the official said.
So far, 45,56,707 tests have been conducted in the state.
There are 14,81,909 people in home quarantine and another 37,196 in institutional quarantine.
Of the 312 deaths reported on Saturday, 190 deaths occurred in the past 48 hours and 90 in the past week.
The remaining 32 deaths had occurred before the last week, but were added to the data on Friday.
In addition, more than 165 police officers in Maharashtra have so far died from the virus, state Interior Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Saturday.
Meanwhile, India’s Covid-19 infection count surpassed 40 lakh, just 13 days after it crossed 30 lakh, with a record 86,432 cases reported in one day, while recoveries rose to 31,07,223 on Saturday, bringing the recovery rate to 77.23 per day. percent, according to the Union Ministry of Health.
Total coronavirus cases amounted to 40,23,179, while the death toll rose to 69,561 with 1,089 people succumbing to the disease within 24 hours, data updated at 8 a.m. showed.
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