A record 82,266 patients were discharged from various hospitals in Maharashtra on Saturday after their full recovery from Covid-19, even as the State crossed a grim milestone of 75,000 deaths and 50 lakh infections, after the pandemic claimed 864 more lives and left 53,605 infected.
Amid the continued surge in the number of deaths and infections, Maharashtra witnessed an overwhelming 82,266 recoveries which took the total number of people discharged from various hospitals after full recovery to 43,47,592. As a result, the recovery rate in the state climbed from 85.36 per cent to 86.03 per cent.
A day after the state recorded 898 deaths and 54,022 new cases, the number of deaths dropped marginally by 34, while the 53,605 new infections on Saturday, as against 54,022 new cases recorded on Friday.
With 864 new deaths, the total number of deaths in the state climbed crossed 75,000 mark as the number of cases climbed from 74,413 to 75,277. Similarly, with 53,605 new infections, the total number of cases crossed 50 lakh mark as the cases rose from 49,96,758 to 50,53,336.
The infections in Mumbai continued to remain below 5,000 mark as the daily cases dropped from 3,040 to 2,664 on Saturday. With the new infections, the total caseload in the metropolis increased from 671,125 to 673,235. There has been a vast improvement Covid-19 situation since April 4, when the metropolis had recorded highest-ever record 11,206 cases.
Similarly, the Covid-19 deaths dropped from 71 on Friday to 62 now and the total fatalities in the metropolis climbed from 13,651 to 13,713.
The total “active cases” in the state dropped substantially from 6,54,788 to 6,28,213. The fatality rate in the state stood static at 1.49 per cent.
While Pune accounted for a maximum 1,06,829 “active cases” in the state, Nagpur stood second 62,159, followed by Mumbai with 52874, Thane (43,510) Nashik (40141), Chandrapur (26,245), Ahmednagar (24,427), Satara (22,607), Solapur (22,438), Beed (13859), Jalgaon (13,484), Aurangabad (12441), Parbhani (10,971), Latur (10565), Buldhana (8914), Bhandara (7519), Jalna (7041) Osmanabad (6771), Nanded (5802) and Nandurbar (4990).
Of the 2,91,91.331 samples sent to laboratories, 50,53,336 have tested positive (17.31 per cent) for COVID-19 until Saturday.
Currently, 37,50,502 people are in home quarantine while 28,453 people are in institutional quarantine.