With no let up in the continued spurt in the Covid-19 infections in Maharashtra, the daily cases shot up further to 4,255 cases on Thursday, even as the total number of active cases in the state mounted to 20,634.
On a day when two more persons tested positive for the BA variant, the daily Covid-19 cases rose from 4,024 to 4,255 cases, taking the total number of cases in the state from 79,19,442 to 79,23,697.
Similarly with two fresh Covid-19 deaths reported during the day, the total number of deaths registered in the state since the outbreak of Covid-19 in the state in March 2020 rose from 1,47,877 to 1,47,880.
Of the total 4,255 fresh cases reported in the state, Mumbai accounted for 2,366 positive cases, taking the total number of cases reported in the metropolis since outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020 from 10,85,882 to 10,88,248. The metropolis recorded two Covid-19 deaths taking the total number of deaths in the metropolis from 19,576 to 19,578. The authorities pegged the overall growth rate of Covid-19 cases during the period from June 9 to June 15 at 0.163 per cent.
As 2,879 Covid-19 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 2020 increased from 77,52,304 to 77,55,183. The recovery rate in the state dropped from 97.89 per cent to 97.87 per cent.
The number of “active cases” in the state rose from 19,261 to 20634. The fatality rate in the state stood static at 1.86 per cent.
The active cases in Mumbai rose from 12,341 to 13,005. The active cases in Thane increased from 3,611 to 3,978, while the active cases in Pune rose from 1,344 to 1,453. The active cases in Raigad district increased from 646 to 709, while the active cases in Palghar went up from 556 to 625.
Of the 8,14,72,916 samples sent to various laboratories across the state so far, 79,23,697 have tested positive (9.73 per cent) for COVID-19 until Thursday.
Meanwhile, two more fresh BA variant positive cases were reported from Nagpur. A report from the Nagpur-based National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), said that a 29-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman tested positive for BA Variant on June 6 and 9 respectively. They have a history of travel to Kerala & Mumbai respectively during last week.
Both are vaccinated & recovered at home isolation. With this the total tally of BA 4 and BA 5 variant cases found in state goes to 19.