The daily Covid-19 deaths dropped marginally to 225 while the infections rose to 6,959 in Maharashtra on Saturday, even as 7,467 patients were discharged after full recovery from various hospitals in the state.
A day after the State logged 231 fatalities and 6,600 infections, the deaths came down marginally by six while the new cases went up by 359.
With 225 fatalities reported on Saturday, the total number of deaths in the state increased from 1,32,566 to 1,32,791, while the infections -- with 6,959 new cases – climbed from 62,96,756 to 63,03,715.
As 7,467 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 60,83,319 to 60,90,786. The recovery rate in the state rose from 96.61 per cent to 96.62 per cent.
The total “active cases” in the state dropped from 77,494 to 76,755. The fatality rate in the state stood static at 2.1 per cent
Pune with 15,674 active cases emerged as the first in the state in terms of maximum number of “active cases” in the state, while Satara with 7,855 cases stood second, followed by Sangli (7,406) Kolhapur (6268), Thane (6206), Mumbai (5269) and Solapur (4,400).
Of the 4,79,67,609 samples sent to various laboratories across the state so far, 63,03,715 have tested positive (13.14 per cent) for Covid-19 until Saturday.
Currently, 4,76,609 people are in home quarantine while 3,166 people are in institutional quarantine.