Maharashtra appeared no where closer to getting out of the woods on Thursday, as it recorded the highest-ever daily tally of 11,147 Covid-19 infections, while 266 more people succumbed to coronavirus in various parts of the State.
After it recorded the highest-ever 10,576 infections on July 22, witnessed 9,895, 9,615, 9251 and 9431 cases on July 23, 24, 25 and 26 respectively, 7,924, 7,717 and 9,211 cases on July 27,28 and 29 respectively, the State logged a staggering 11,147, taking the total number of infections in the state to 4,11,798 on Thursday.
With 266 fresh deaths, the total number of deaths in the state mounted to 14,729.
Of the total 266 deaths, Pune accounted 83 deaths, while Mumbai recorded 53 deaths.
Apart from 83 deaths in Pune and 53 deaths in Mumbai, there were 30 deaths in Thane, 11 in Nanded, 10 each in Solapur and Satara, 9 in Nashik, 8 each in Raigad and Jalgaon, 7 in Ahmednagar, 6 in Aurangabad, 5 each in Palghar and Ratnagiri, 4 in Latur, 3 each in Kolhapur, Sangli and Osmanabad, 2 in Nagpur and death each in Dhule, Nandurbar, Amravati, Buldhana, Parbhani and Washim.
With fresh 53 deaths, the total number of deaths in Mumbai rose from 6,247 to 6,300, while the infected cases jumped by 1,208 cases – to touch 113,199 now.
In a related development, as many as 8860 patients were discharged from hospitals in the state after full recovery, taking the total number of patients discharged from various hospitals after full recovery since the second week of March this year to 2,48,615. The recovery rate rose to 60.37 per cent. The mortality rate in the state is 3.58 per cent. The state health authorities pegged the number of “active cases” in the state at 1,48,150.
With 91784 infected cases and 2,525 deaths, Thane continued to be the second worst hit district in Maharashtra.
Pune, which has emerged as the third worst affected district in terms of spread of the pandemic, has recorded 86,255 infections and 2028 deaths till now.
Out of 20,70,128 samples sent to laboratories, 4,11,798 have tested positive (19.89 per cent) for Covid-19 until Thursday.
Currently, 9,04,141 people are in home quarantine while 40,546 people are in institutional quarantine.
