The Coronavirus situation appeared heading towards its peak in Maharashtra on Sunday, as the state witnessed highest-ever 9518 infected cases and 258 more people succumbed to the pandemic.
After the pandemic breached 8000 cases’ mark for three consecutive days (Thursday-8641, Friday-8308 and Saturday-8348), as many as 9518 people tested positive for Covid-19 in various parts of the state.
With the fresh infections and fatalities, the total number of infected cases shot up to 3,10,455 in the state, while the total number of deaths rose to 11,854.
Of the 258 deaths reported on Sunday, Mumbai accounted for 64 deaths, which took the total number of deaths in the metropolis from 5650 to 5714, while the number of the Coronavirus cases increased by by 1,038 to touch 101,388 now.
Apart from 64 deaths reported in Mumbai, there were 60 deaths in Thane, 45 deaths in Pune, 13 in Raigad, 12 in Palghar, 11 in Jalgaon, 10 in Nashik, 7 in Nagpur, 6 in Sangli, 5 each in Aurangabad and Satara, 4 in Latur, 2 each in Ratnagiri, Ahmednagar, Akola, and Solapur and one death each in Dhule, Nandurbar, Kolhapur, Jalna, Parbhani, Osmanabad, Yavatmal and Washim,
With 75111 infected cases and 2036 deaths, Thane continued to be the second worst hit district in Maharashtra.
Pune, which has emerged as the third worst affected district in terms of spread of the pandemic, has recorded 54624 infections and 1359 deaths till now. Meanwhile, the total number of patients discharged from various hospitals after full recovery since the second week of March this year touched 1,69,569. The recovery rate in the state stood at 54.62 per cent. The mortality rate in the state is 3.82 per cent. The state health authorities pegged the number of “active cases” in the state at 1,28,730.
Out of 15,64,129 samples sent to laboratories, 3,10,455 have tested positive (19.85 per cent) for COVID-19 until Sunday.
Currently, 7,54,730 people are in home quarantine while 45,846 people are in institutional quarantine.