In a further dip in the Covid-19 infections and fatalities, Maharashtra on Saturday logged 3,218 new infected cases, while 51 deaths were reported from different parts of the State. A day after the state recorded 3,524 infections and 59 deaths, the infections dropped to 306 cases, while the daily death tally went down by eight.
With 3,218 fresh infections, the total number of infected cases climbed from 19,35,636 to 19,38,854. Similarly, with 51 new deaths, the Covid-19 toll in the state rose from 49,580 to 49,631.
As 2,110 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 18,34,935. The recovery rate in the state dropped marginally from 94.69 per cent to 94.64 per cent.
With 7 new deaths, the total number of deaths went up from 11,125 to 11,132, while the infected cases rose by 593 to trigger a jump in the total infections from 2,94,067 to 2,94,660. Meanwhile, the number of “active cases” total cases in the state rose from 52,084 to 53,137 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 3,73,219 to 3,73,727 while the total number of deaths in Pune stood static at 7767.
Thane district remained in the third spot — after Pune and Mumbai — after the total number of infections rose from 2,54,875 to 2,55,248, while the total deaths climbed from 5,586 to 5,590.
Of the 1,28,90,441 samples sent to laboratories, 19,38,854 have tested positive (15.04 per cent) for Covid-19 until Thursday.
Currently, 2,58,668 people are in home quarantine while 3,159 people are in institutional quarantine.