In a major relief to the health authorities in the State, Covid-19 deaths plunged further to 50 on Sunday, while the infections dropped marginally to 5753.
A day after Covid-19 deaths came down to 62 and infections slid to 5760 in Maharashtra on Saturday, there was further reduction in the number of deaths and infections in the state.
The number of deaths (50) recorded on Sunday is lower than 51 deaths witnessed in the state six months ago on May 18.
With 50 fresh deaths, the Covid-19 toll in Maharashtra went up from 46,573 to 46,623. Similarly, with 5753 fresh infections, the total infected cases in the state jumped from 17,74,455 to 17,80,208.
As 4,060 more people were discharged from various hospitals the number of people discharged from the hospitals on Saturday after full recovery since the second week of March this year went up to 16,51,064. The recovery rate in the state dropped marginally from 92.82 per cent to 92.75 per cent.
Of the 50 deaths reported, Mumbai accounted for a maximum of 19 deaths, followed by 12 deaths in Nagpur, 11 in Pune, 5 in Satara, 2 in Yavatmal and one death in Nanded.
With 19 fresh deaths, the Covid-19 toll in Mumbai climbed from 10,656 to 10,675 now, while it recorded 1,135 new infected cases, taking up the total number of infections from 274,579 to 275,714.
Meanwhile, the number of “active cases” total cases went up from 79873 to 81,512. The fatality rate in the state stood at 2.62 per cent. Pune district, which continued to be the worst-affected city-district in Maharashtra, saw the total number of cases increase from 3,45,663 to 3,46,433, while the total number of deaths in Pune increased from 7278 to 7289.
Thane district remained in the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – after the total number of infections rose from 2,34,552 to 2,35,188, while there was no increase in the pandemic toll for the second consecutive day and the total deaths stood at 5436.
Of the 1,02,13,026 samples sent to laboratories, 17,80,208 have tested positive (17.43 per cent) for COVID-19 until Sunday.
Currently,5,15,976 people are in home quarantine while 5615 people are in institutional quarantine.