Maharashtra now has more cases than Peru (6.57.129 as of September 1), the fifth most affected country. Active cases from the state crossed 2 lakh on Wednesday, while the number surpassed 25,000 with the addition of 292 deaths. The state figure of 25,195 represents 38% of deaths in India.
Mumbai added 1,622 cases and 34 deaths on Wednesday, bringing its count to 1,48,569, creeping towards the 1.5 lakh mark, and its death toll at 7,727.
After a drop 2 weeks ago, the state’s positivity rate is back to 19%
Senior government officials said that after a slight drop in the state’s Covid-19 positivity rate two weeks ago, the positivity rate has returned to 19.2%. “This shows the prevalence of the infection and with the addition of a large number of new cases, the recovery rate has stalled at 72.4%,” said a senior official.
Of the 292 Covid-19 deaths added in Maharashtra on Wednesday, 201 were from the past 48 hours, 55 from the past week and 36 from the prior period, according to the state update.
Suresh Kakani of BMC said that 50,000 antigen kits will soon be deployed to increase the number of tests in Mumbai, although RT-PCR will remain the first-line test. “The positivity rate with antigen is approximately 4%, while with RT-PCR it is much higher. So the antigen will be used but in measured amounts, “he said.
On Wednesday, the Pune circle reported 4,720 cases and 58 deaths, while the Mumbai circle reported 4,553 cases and 81 deaths. Total cases in MMR is now 3.4 lakh with 13,007 deaths, while the Pune circle has 2.1 lakh of cases and 5,314 deaths. Public Health Minister Rajesh Tope said that there is more attention in the Pune region and that Deputy CM Ajit Pawar was closely monitoring the situation in Pune. “More beds are being added and aggressive testing is underway in the district,” Tope said. In addition to Pune, districts such as Nashik, Nagpur, Jalgaon, Solapur, and Kolhapur continued to add cases in large numbers.
From MMR, Kalyan-Dombivli reported 429 new cases and 10 deaths, bringing its count to 29,649, with 648 deaths. The city of Ulhasnagar reported 24 new cases, bringing its count to 7,857, with 230 deaths. Currently at Ulhasnagar, of the 7,857 patients, 7,216 patients have recovered while 411 are active. In Bhiwandi, where cases are under control, 33 new cases were reported, bringing the total to 4,252, with 286 deaths.
Eighteen policemen from the Riot Control Police who were on bandobast duty in the Vasai region during Ganeshotsav and Muharram tested positive on Tuesday.
The state also reported the highest number of recoveries in a single day. With 13,959 people recovering in one day, total recoveries in the state are now 5.9 lakh.
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