The Covid-19 daily death tally in Mumbai plummeted to three on Sunday, even as the deaths in Maharashtra dropped to 35 and the state logged 3,282 infections.
A day after the country’s commercial capital recorded seven deaths, the number of deaths slid further to three, while the metropolis logged 581 new infections as against 593 infected cases registered on Saturday.
With 3 fresh infections, the Covid-19 toll in Mumbai rose from 11,132 to 11,135, while the total infections climbed from 2,94,660 to 2,95,241.
Similarly, with 35 fresh deaths in the states, the total number of deaths in the state went up from 49,631 to 49,666. With 3,282 fresh infections, the total number of infected cases climbed from 19,38,854 to 19,42,136.
As 2064 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 went up to 18,36,999. The recovery rate in the state dropped marginally from 94.64 per cent to 94.59 per cent.
Meanwhile, the number of “active cases” total cases in the state rose from 53,137 to 564,317. The fatality rate in the state stood at 2.56 per cent.
Pune district, which continued to be the worst-affected city-district in Maharashtra, saw the total number of cases increase from 3,73,727 to 3,74,272, while the total number of deaths in Pune went up from 7767 to 7,770.
Thane district remained in the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – after the total number of infections rose from 2,55,248 to 2,55,678, while the total deaths climbed from 5590 to 5593.
Of the 1,29,58,502 samples sent to laboratories, 19,42,136 have tested positive (14.99per cent) for COVID-19 until Sunday. Currently, 2,47,972 people are in home quarantine while 2,969 people are in institutional quarantine.