With no let up in the rapid spread of Covid-19, Maharashtra on Saturday logged 55,411 fresh pandemic cases, while 309 more people succumbed to the pandemic in various parts of the State.
A day after an alarming 58,993 people tested positive for Coronavirus and the virus claimed 301 more lives in the state, the number of infections came down by 3,582 as compared to Friday, the daily death tally went up by eight to touch a Covid toll of 309.
With 55,411 fresh cases, the total infections climbed from 32,88,540 to 33,43,951.. Similarly, with 301 new deaths, the total Covid-19 toll rose from 57,329 to 57,538.
As 53,005 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 went up to 27,38,153 The recovery rate in the state dropped from 81.96 per cent to 82.18 per cent.
Meanwhile, the number of “active cases” total cases in the state increased from to 5,34,603 to 5,36,682 The fatality rate in the state dropped from 1.74 per cent to 1.72 per cent.
While Pune accounted for a maximum 1,02,115 “active cases” in the state, Mumbai stood second with 89,707 active cases, followed by Thane (71,061), Nagpur (56,598), Nashik (32,881), Aurangabad (16385), Ahmednagar (17,679), Nanded (12,249), Jalgaon (8957), Amaravati (3691) and Akola (3056).
Of the 2,18,51,235 samples sent to laboratories, 33,43,951 have tested positive (15.3 per cent) for COVID-19 until Saturday. Currently, 30, 41,080 people are in home quarantine while 25,297 people are in institutional quarantine.