In a drop in the infected cases and fatalities, Maharashtra on Thursday logged 3880 fresh Covid-19 infections and 65 deaths, even as 4358 people were discharged from various hospitals across the state after full recovery.
A day after 95 people died of Coronavirus and 4,304 others tested positive for the pandemic, the infections dropped by 424 and deaths came down by 30 in the state.
With 3880 fresh infections, the total infections in the state climbed from 18,80.893 to 18,84,773. Similarly, with 65 fresh deaths, the Covid-19 toll in Maharashtra rose from 48,434 to 48,499.
As 4358 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 this year rose to 17,74,255. The recovery rate in the state rose marginally from 94.1 per cent to 94.14 per cent.
With 10 new deaths, the Covid-19 toll in Mumbai went up from 11003 to 11,013, while the infected cases went up by 586 to trigger a jump in the infections from 2,84,404 to 2,84,990.
Meanwhile, the number of “active cases” total cases in the state dropped from 61,454 to 60,905. The fatality rate in the state dropped from 2.58 per cent to 2.57 per cent
Pune district, which continued to be the worst-affected city-district in Maharashtra, saw the total number of cases increase from 3,64,376 to 3,65,101, while the total number of deaths in Pune increased from 7649 to 7654.
Thane district remained in the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – after the total number of infections rose from 2,48,371 to 2,48,979, while the total deaths climbed from 5414 to 5424.
Of the 1,19,33,956 samples sent to laboratories, 18,84,773 have tested positive (15.79 per cent) for COVID-19 until Thursday. Currently, 5,06,914 people are in home quarantine while 4033 people are in institutional quarantine.