In a minor decrease in the Covid-19 infection and fatality tallies, the infected cases went down to 3,940 and deaths slide to 74 in Maharashtra on Saturday.
A day after as many as 3994 people tested positive for Coronavirus while 75 more people died of the pandemic in the state, the infections dropped by 54, while there was just one additional death on Friday. With 3940 fresh infections, the total infections in the state rose 18,88.767 to 18,92,707. Similarly, with 74 new deaths, the Covid-19 toll climbed from 48,574 to 48,648.
As 3119 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 rose to 17,81,841. The recovery rate in the state dropped marginally from 94.17 per cent to 94.14 per cent.
With 10 new deaths, the Covid-19 toll in Mumbai came down from 10970 to 10980, while the infected cases went up by 632 to trigger a jump in the infections from 2,85,632 to 2,86,264.
Meanwhile, the number of “active cases” total cases in the state rose 60,352 to 61095.. The fatality rate in the state stood at 2.57 per cent Pune district, which continued to be the worst-affected city-district in Maharashtra, saw the total number of cases increase from 3,65,652 to 3,66,319 while the total number of deaths in Pune increased from 7667 to 7675.
Thane district remained in the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – after the total number of infections rose from 2,49,436 to 2,49,883 while the total deaths climbed from 5475 to 5481. Of the 1,29,59,235 samples sent to laboratories, 18,92,707 have tested positive (15.7 per cent) for COVID-19 until Saturday.
Currently, 5,00,360 people are in home quarantine while 4020 people are in institutional quarantine.