The Covid-19 deaths dropped to 494 and the infections came down to 8,296 in Maharashtra on Saturday, even as 6,026 patients were discharged after full recovery from various hospitals in the State.
A day after the state logged 738 fatalities in Maharashtra 8,992 infections, the deaths dropped by 244 while the infections dipped by 692.
Of the 494 deaths reported on Saturday, 179 were current deaths, while there were 31Rs 5 “previous and unaccounted deaths” which have been added to the Covid-19 toll in the state, as part of the ongoing reconciliation exercise.
With 494 deaths, the Covid-19 toll in the state jumped from 1,25,034 to 1,25,528. Similarly, with 6,026 fresh infections, the total infections in the state climbed from 61,40,968 to 61,49,264.
As 6,026 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 59,00,440 to 59,06,466. The recovery rate in the state dropped from 96.08 per cent to 96.05 per cent.
The total “active cases” in the state rose from 1,12,231 to 1,14,000.
The fatality rate in the state rose from 2.03 per cent to 2.04 per cent.
Mumbai recorded 26 deaths and 1,099 infections. As a result, the Covid-19 toll in the metropolis increased from 15,586 to 15,612, while the infected cases in Mumbai went up from 7,26,037 to 7,27,136
Pune with 18,237 active cases emerged as the first in the state in terms of maximum number of “active cases” in the state, while Thane with 16,598 stood second, followed by Kolhapur (13,806), Mumbai (11,558), Sangli (11,465), Satara (7939) and Ratnagiri (4312).
Of the 4,38,00,139 samples sent to various laboratories across the state so far, 61,49,264 have tested positive (14.4 per cent) for Covid-19 until Saturday.
Currently, 5,85,580 people are in home quarantine while 4,737 people are in institutional quarantine.