The daily Covid-19 deaths dropped to 126 in Maharashtra on Saturday and the infections rose marginally to 4,831, even as 4,455 patients were discharged after full recovery from various hospitals across the State.
A day after the state logged 170 deaths and 4,654 infections, the daily deaths went down to 126 and the infections rose marginally to 4,831.
With 126 fresh deaths reported on friday, the total number of deaths in the state increased from 1,36,900 to 1,37,026, while the total infections -- with 4,831 new cases – went up from 64,47,442 to 64,52,273.
As 4,455 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 62,55,451 to 62,59,906. The recovery rate in the state stood static at 97.02.
The total “active cases” in the state dropped from 51,574 to 51,821. The fatality rate in the state stood static at 2.12 per cent.
Pune with 13,054 active cases emerged as the first in the State in terms of maximum number of “active cases” in the state, while Thane with 7,151 cases stood second in the State, followed by Satara (5356), Ahmednagar (5287), Sangli (4,772), Solapur (3980) and Mumbai (3406).
Of the 5,34,56,403 samples sent to various laboratories across the state so far, 65,52,273 have tested positive (12.07 per cent) for Covid-19 until Monday.
Currently, 3,92,530 people are in home quarantine while 2,367 people are in institutional quarantine.