The daily Covid-19 deaths came to 49 and infections rose marginally to 3,187 in Maharashtra on Wednesday, even as 3,253 patients were discharged from various hospitals across the State after full recovery. 

A day after the state logged Covid 19-triggered 60 deaths and 2,844 infections, the pandemic claimed 49 lives and left 3,187 others infected.

With 49 fresh deaths reported on Monday, the total number of deaths in the State increased from 1,38,962 to  1,39,011.

With 3,187 fresh cases, the total number of infections rose from 65,44,606 to 65,47,793.

As many as 3,253 patients were discharged from the hospitals across the State after full recovery, the total number of people discharged from the hospitals since the second week of March last year increased from 63,65,277 to 63,68,530. The recovery rate in the state stood static at 97.26 per cent.

The total “active cases” in the state dropped marginally from 36,794 to 36,675. The fatality rate in the state stood static at 2.12 per cent.   

Pune with 9,280 active cases emerged as the first in the state in terms of maximum number of “active cases” in the state, while Thane with 6,083 cases stood second in the state, followed by Ahmednagar (5,237), Mumbai (5,144) and Satara (2,038). 

Of the 5,88,84,819 samples sent to various laboratories across the state so far, 65,47,793  have tested positive (11.18 per cent) for Covid-19 until Wednesday. 

Currently, 2,52,309  people are in home quarantine while 1,453 people are in institutional quarantine.