The Covid-19 infections crossed 8,000 mark for the second consecutive day in Maharashtra on Friday, as the state recorded 8,308 positive cases, while a staggering 258 persons succumbed to the pandemic.
A day after recording 8,641 Covid-19 infections and 266 more deaths, Maharashtra witnessed 8308 infected cases taking the total number of positive cases inched close to 3 lakh-mark to touch 2,92,589.
With 258 fresh fatalities, the total number of deaths in various parts of the state mounted to 11,452 on Friday evening.
Of the 258 total deaths, Mumbai accounted for 62 deaths, which took the total number of deaths in the metropolis from 5523 to 5585, while the total number of Covid-19 cases rose by 1,214 to touch 99,164 now.
In addition to 62 deaths in Mumbai, there were 57 deaths in Thane, 45 deaths in Pune, 25 in Nashik, 12 in Palghar, 9 in Solapur, 8 in Raigad, 6 in Nanded, 5 each in Satara and Aurangabad, 4 each in Jalna and Jalgaon, 3 in Ahmednagar, 2 each in Kolhapur, Latur, Amravati and Osmanabad and one each in Ratnagiri, Hingoli, Beed, Nagpur. There was one more death -- from another State.
With 71345 infected cases and 1964 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 49037 infections and 1282 deaths till now.
Meanwhile, the total number of patients discharged from various hospitals after full recovery since the second week of March this year touched 1,60,357.
The recovery rate in the state stood at 54.81 per cent. The mortality rate in the state is 3,91 per cent. The State health authorities pegged the number of “active cases” in the state at 1,20,480.
Out of 14,84,630 samples sent to laboratories, 2,92,589 have tested positive (19.70 per cent) for Covid-19 until Friday
Currently, 7,24,602 people are in home quarantine while 44,284 people are in institutional quarantine.