Maharashtra’s Coivid-19 toll breached 49,000 mark on Thursday, as 89 more people died of the pandemic, while 3,580 others tested positive for coronavirus.
A day after Maharashtra logged 3913 more infections and 93 new deaths, the infections dropped to 3580 and deaths came down to 89.
With 3580 fresh infected cases, the total infections in the stare climbed from 19,06,371 to 19,09,951. Similarly, with 89 new deaths, the total toll in the stare rose from 48,969 to 49,058.
As 3171 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 18,04,871. The recovery rate in the state dropped marginally from from 94.51 per cent to 94.5 per cent.
With 12 new deaths, the total number of deaths went up from 11033 to 11045, while the infected cases rose by 643 to trigger a jump in the total infections from 2,88,561 to 2,89,204.
Meanwhile, the number of “active cases” total cases in the state rose marginally from 54,573 top 54,891. 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 3,68,447 to 3,69,065, while the total number of deaths in Pune increased from 7708 to 7713. Thane district remained in the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – after the total number of infections rose from 2,51,430 to 2,51,880, while the total deaths climbed from 5516 to 5527.
Of the 1,23,41,204 samples sent to laboratories, 19,09,951 have tested positive (15.48 per cent) for COVID-19 until Thursday.
Currently, 4,82,779 people are in home quarantine while 3,810 people are in institutional quarantine.