More than a record 7.26 lakh people were administered Covid-19 vaccines in various parts of Maharashtra on Saturday, even as the Covid-19 infections rose marginally to 9,812 and the deaths stood static at 511.
Breaking its own earlier record of 6,02,163 vaccinations created on June 23, as many as 7,26,588 people were vaccinated in various parts of the state till 7 pm on Saturday.
With Saturday’s vaccinations, the total number of vaccine doses administered to people in the State till Saturday went up to 3,09,79,460.
Incidentally on Friday, Maharashtra had become the state in the country to administer 3 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses.
By 7 pm on Friday, as many as 4.80,954 people had been vaccinated in various parts of the State.
Meanwhile, a day after Maharashtra logged 9677 fresh cases and 511 deaths, the infections went up marginally to 9,812, while the deaths stood static at 511.
Of the deaths reported on Saturday, 179 were current fatalities, while 322 were “old and hither-to unaccounted” deaths, which have been added to the state total Covid-19 toll as part of the ongoing reconciliation process.
With 511 deaths, the Covid-19 toll in the State jumped from 1,20,370 to 1,20,881. Similarly, with 9812 fresh infections, the total infections in the state climbed from 60,17,035 to 60,26,847.
As 8752 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 last year increased from 57,72,799 to 57,81,551. The recovery rate in the State dropped from 95.94 per cent to 95.93 per cent.
The total “active cases” in the state rose from 1,20,715 to 1,21,251. The fatality rate in the State stood static at 2 per cent. 15368
Mumbai recorded 15 deaths and 773 infections. As a result, the Covid-19 toll in the metropolis increased from 15368 to 15,383. while the infected cases in Mumbai went up from 7,18,962 to 7,19,610.
Pune with 17,360 active cases emerged as the first in the state in terms of maximum number of “active cases” in the state, while Thane with 16.260 stood second, followed by Mumbai (13,943), Kolhapur (11,081), Sangli (9500), Satara (7702), Raigad (5743) Ratnagiri (5390) and Sindhudurg (4764).
Of the 4.08,31,332 samples sent to various laboratories across the state so far, 60,26,847 have tested positive (14.76 per cent) for Covid-19 until Saturday..
Currently, 6,28,299 people are in home quarantine while 4272 people are in institutional quarantine.