In a significant development, as many as 10,362 patients were discharged from various hospitals in Maharashtra after full recovery from Covid-19 on Monday, even as the deaths dipped further to 29 and the infections came down to 2765 in the state.
Mumbai’s downward trend continued, with the daily death tally plummeting to three for the second consecutive day.
As a result, the Covid-19 toll rose from 11,135 to 11,138, while the total infections in the metropolis climbed to 2,94,986.
As 10,362 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 this year went up to 18,47,361. The recovery rate in the state rose from 94.59 per cent to 94.88 per cent.
A day after the deaths in Maharashtra dropped to 35 and the state logged 3282 infections, the Covid-19 deaths slid further to 29, while the infections went down further by 517 to touch a daily tally of 2765.
With 29 fresh deaths in the state, the total number of deaths in the state went up from 49,666 to 49695. With 2765 fresh infections and a further increase of 2110 positive cases because of the reconciliation process, the total number of infected cases climbed from 19,42,136 to 19,47,011.
Meanwhile, the number of “active cases” total cases in the state dropped from 54,317 The fatality rate in the state stood at 2.56 per cent to 2.55 per cent.
Pune district, which continued to be the worst-affected city-district in Maharashtra, saw the total number of cases increase from 3,74,272 to 3,74,748 while the total number of deaths in Pune went up from 7,770 to 7772.
Thane district remained in the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – after the total number of infections rose from 2,55,678 to 2,59,123 while the total deaths climbed from 5593 to 5599.
Of the 1,30,04,876 samples sent to laboratories, 19,47,011 have tested positive (14.97 per cent) for COVID-19 until Monday.
Currently, 2,41,728 people are in home quarantine while 3078 people are in institutional quarantine.