The health authorities in Maharashtra have succeeded in bringing down the infections, but they have not been able to arrest the substantial number of deaths – arising majorly due to the previous unaccounted deaths.
On Wednesday, the infections remained at a low of 15,169, while the state recorded 553 deaths – which comprised 285 current fatalities and 268 previous unaccounted deaths. The state had on Tuesday logged 14,123 infections and 854 deaths. Though the daily deaths reported on Wednesday were an improvement on Tuesday’s death tally of 854 -- which comprised 477 current fatalities and 377 previous unaccounted deaths, the deaths have not come below 500 during the past four weeks.
‘On May 23, the deaths had peaked to 1,320 --- which comprised comprising 398 deaths that occurred in the previous 48 hours, 196 that took place during the previous week and 726 old unaccounted deaths. Otherwise, the daily deaths in the state have been ranging between 500 to 1000 during the recent weeks.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which has been handling the Covid-19 effectively, was very in control of the situation in the country’s commercial capital, given that Mumbai logged 923 infections and 31 deaths.