In a cause for concern, the Covid-19 deaths in Maharashtra on Thursday crossed 200-mark to touch a fatality tally of 208 after a gap of nearly two weeks and the infections climbed to 6,388, even as the state achieved a records of sorts by doing more than a staggering 5 crore Covid-19 tests since the pandemic broke out in March-April last year.
A day after the state logged 163 deaths and 5560 infections, the daily deaths went up by 45, while the infections rose by 828.
The increase in the daily deaths should be seen in the context of the fact that the state had recorded 225 deaths on July 31.
With 208 fresh fatalities reported on Thursday, the total number of deaths in the state increased from 1,34,364 to 1,34,572, while the infections -- with 6,388 new cases – rose from 63,69,002 to 63,75,010.
As 8,390 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 61,66,620 to 61,75,010. The recovery rate in the State rose from 96.82 per cent to 96.86 per cent.
The total “active cases” in the state dropped from 64,570 to 62,351. The fatality rate in the state rose from 2.1 per cent to 2.11 per cent. Pune with 14,423 active cases emerged as the first in the state in terms of maximum number of “active cases” in the state, while Sangli with 7,027 stood second, followed by Satara (6573), Thane (6133), Ahmednagar (4964), Solapur (4533), Kolhapur (4245) and Mumbai (3208).
Of the 5,03,26,812 samples sent to various laboratories across the state so far, 63,75,390 have tested positive (12.67 per cent) for Covid-19 until Thursday.
Currently, 3,98,397 people are in home quarantine while 2,507 people are in institutional quarantine.