Maharashtra continued to be country’s Achilles' heel in its fight against coronavirus as 44 more persons died of Covid-19 and a record 1,602 people tested positive for the pandemic in various parts of the State on Thursday.
The total Covid-19 death toll in Maharashtra crossed 1000-mark as the fatality tally rose to 1019 on Thursday.
The 1602 infected cases reported on Thursday, is the highest-ever day’s infection tally in the state. With the latest positive cases, the total number of infected cases has gone to 27,524. “Of the total infected cases, the active cases account for 20441,” a state health bulletin said.
Of the 44 deaths reported on Thursday, Mumbai accounted for 25 deaths, while there were ten deaths in Navi Mumbai, five in Pune, two in Aurangabad and one each Panvel and Kalyan-Dombivli. Ten deaths reported from Navi Mumbai on Thursday were from the period between April 14 and May 14.
Of those dead, 31 were men while 13 were women. “Twenty one of them aged over 60 years, 20 were from the age group 40 to 59 years and 3 were aged below 40 years. Thirty four out of 44 patients (77%) had high-risk co-morbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease,” the health bulletin said.
With the fresh fatalities and infections, the total number of deaths in Mumbai rose to 621 and infected cases to 16,738.