The daily Covid-19 deaths climbed marginally to 131 in Maharashtra on Sunday and the infections came down to 4,666, even as 3,510 patients were discharged after full recovery from various hospitals across the State.
A day after the State logged 126 deaths and 4,831 infections, the daily deaths went up to 131 and the infections rose marginally to 4,666.
With 131 fresh deaths reported on Sunday, the total number of deaths in the state increased from 1,37,026 to 1,37,157, while the total infections -- with 4,666 new cases – went up from 64,52,273 to 64,56,939.
As 3,510 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 62,59,906 to 62,63,416. The recovery rate in the State came down from 97.02 per cent to 97 per cent. The total “active cases” in the state increased from 51,821 to 52,844. The fatality rate in the State stood static at 2.12 per cent.
Pune with 13,503 active cases emerged as the first in the state in terms of maximum number of “active cases” in the state, while Thane with 7283 cases stood second in the state, followed by Satara (5515), Ahmednagar (5168), Sangli (4,712), Solapur (4224) and Mumbai (3378).
Of the 5,36,59,613 samples sent to various laboratories across the state so far, 64,56,939 have tested positive (12.03 per cent) for Covid-19 until Sunday.