nThe Covid-19 infections dropped to 8,912 in Maharashtra on Saturday, while the daily deaths continued to be cause of concern as the fatalities climbed to 682.
A day after the State logged 9738 infections and 642 pandemic deaths, the infections came down further to 8912, while there was no let up in the substantial deaths recorded day after day.
On Saturday, the state recorded 682 deaths—comprising 255 fatalities and 425 “old and unaccounted deaths” which have been added to the state Covid-19 toll as part of the ongoing reconciliation process.
With 682 deaths reported on Friday, the Covid-19 toll in the state jumped from 1,16,674 to 1,17,356.
With 8912 fresh infections, the total infections in the state rose from 59,54,508 to 59,63,420.
As 10,317 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 increased from 56,99,983 to 57,10356. The recovery rate in the state dropped from 95.73 per cent to 95.76 peer cent.
The total “active cases” in the state dropped from 1,34,747 to 1,32.595. The fatality *rate in the state went up from 1.96 per cent to 1.97 per cent.
Mumbai recorded 13 deaths and 676infections. As a result, the Covid-19 toll in the metropolis increased from 15,266 to 15,279, while the infected cases in Mumbai went up from 7,18,590 to 7,19,266.
Mumbai with 18,788 cases emerged as the first in the state in terms of maximum number of “active cases” in the state, while Pune with 18,108 stood second, followed by Thane (13,523), Kolhapur (11,859), Sangli (10,357), Satara (7211), Ratnagiri (6553), Sindhudurg (5482), Nagpur (4797), Nashik (4523) and Raigad (4361).
Of the 3,93,12,920 samples sent to various laboratories across the state so far, 59,63,420 have tested positive (15.17 per cent) for COVID-19 until Saturday.
Currently, 8,06,506 people are in home quarantine while 4695 people are in institutional quarantine.