Maharashtra -- with 10,60,308 Covid-19 infections – inched closer to Russia with a tally of 10,62,811 infected cases on Sunday, as 22,543 people tested positive in various parts of the state.
As it added 22,543 cases to its infection tally, Maharashtra with 10,60,308 was just 2,503 short of Russia’s 10,62,811 cases on Sunday. In fact, Maharashtra ranked fourth on the Worldometer dashboard after the USA, India and Brazil.
With 416 deaths reported on Sunday, the total number of deaths in the state mounted to 29,531.
In terms of fatality tally, 41 Maharashtra’s Covid-19 toll (29,531) is much higher than Russia’s 18,578 fatalities till date.
Of the 416 deaths reported on Sunday, Nagpur accounted for highest 73 fatalities, while there were 59 deaths in Pune, 41 in Mumbai, 28 in Thane, 25 in Sangli, 19 in Satara, 18 in Kolhapur, 15 each in Nashik and Solapur, 13 each in Jalgaon and Bhandara and 12 deaths each in Ahmednagar, 11 in Amravati.
Similarly, in the lower range, there were nine deaths each in Palghar and Chandrapur, 8 in Osmanabad, 6 each in Raigad and Akola, 5 each in Beed and Buldhana, 4 each in Aurangabad, Latur, Nanded and Washim, 3 each in Jalna and Hingoli, 2 in Dhule and death each in Nandurbar, Wardha.
The districts of Nagpur, Sangli, Kolhapur, Satara, Jalgaon and Bhandara witnessed spikes in deaths, while six districts in the state reported zero deaths.
With 41 deaths, Mumbai’s Covid-19 toll rose from 8,109 to 8,150, while the infected cases increased by another high of 2,085 to jump from 167,656 to 169,741.
Pune district with 2,32,840 infected cases continued to be the worst-affected city-district in Maharashtra. The number of deaths in Pune increased from 4754 to 4813.
Thane district remained on the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – with 1,56,916 total cases, while the pandemic toll rose from 4134 to 4162.
In a related development, as many as 11,549 patients were discharged from hospitals in the state after full recovery. As a result, the total number of patients discharged from various hospitals after full recovery since the second week of March this year went up to 7,40,061.
The recovery rate stood at 69.02 per cent. The mortality rate in the state is 2.79 per cent. The state health authorities pegged the number of “active cases” in the state at 2,90,344.
Out of 52,53,676 samples sent to laboratories, 10,60,308 have tested positive (20.18 per cent) for COVID-19 until Sunday.
Currently, 16,83,770 people are in home quarantine while 38,294 people are in institutional quarantine.