The second-largest increase was recorded on Thursday with 18,105 new cases emerging in the 24-hour period.
With this, Maharashtra’s overall positive virus count has reached 8,63,062, according to the state health bulletin.
Along with that, the state also reported 378 new deaths, increasing the death count to 25,964, he added.
Additionally, 13,289 people were discharged from the state today, bringing the number of recovered cases to 6,25,773, the official said. The recovery rate stands at 72.51%.
Maharashtra currently has 2,10,978 active cases.
The fatality rate is 3.01%.
Of these, the city of Mumbai reported 1,929 new cases and 35 deaths, bringing its count to 1,52,024 and the death toll to 7,799.
The number of active cases in Mumbai stood at 22,222, he said.
The city of Pune reported 1,689 cases along with 38 deaths, bringing its infection count to 1,08,117 and its death toll to 2,692, the official said.
Additionally, the Covid-19 count in Nashik reached 41,565 after 1,112 people were detected with the infection on Friday, while 11 deaths affected 911, an official said.
The number of people who were discharged during the day was 1,026, bringing the number of such cases to 33,162, he said.
“Of the total number of cases, 28,561 are from the city of Nashik, 10,074 from other parts of the district, 2,688 from Malegaon and 242 from outside the district,” he added.
Out of 44,66,249 laboratory samples, 8,63,062 have tested positive (19.52%) for COVID-19 as of today.
Currently, 14,51,343 people are in home quarantine and 36,873 people are in institutional quarantine.
Amid the surge in cases, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said on Thursday that the Maharashtra government will make a decision on reopening the temples after full preparations and does not want to keep them closed in the state.
“The government also does not want to keep the temples in Maharashtra closed and a decision will be made on this with all the preparations. But we must bear in mind that the number of COVID-19 cases is increasing day by day,” Raut said. while talking to the media.
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