After a gap of 12 days, the number of Covid-19 deaths reached a three-digit figure on Wednesday, as 111 people succumbed to the pandemic, while 5,600 others tested positive for Coronavirsus in various parts of the state.
A day after Maharashtra logged 4930 infections and 95 deaths, the number of deaths rose by 16 to touch a daily tally of 111, while the infections went up by 670 to touch the day’s figure of 5,600.
The three-digit death figure of 111 in Maharashtra should be seen in the context of the fact that the state had earlier recorded 155 deaths on November 20.
With 111 fresh deaths, the Covid-19 toll in Maharashtra went up from 47,246 to 47,357. Similarly, with 5600 new infections, the total infected cases in the state climbed from 18,28,826 to 18,32,176.
As 5027 more people were discharged from various hospitals the number of people discharged from the hospitals on Wednesday after full recovery since the second week of March this year went up to 16,95,208 The recovery rate in the state rose marginally from 92.49 per cent to 92.52 per cent.
Of the 111 deaths reported on Wednesday, Mumbai accounted for a maximum of 20 deaths, followed by 15 deaths in Pune, 13 in Nagpur, 10 in Nashik, 8 in Palghar, 7 in Thane, 6 in Osmanabad, 5 each in Ahmednagar and Solapur, 4 in Aurangabad, 3 each in Sangli and Chandrapur, 2 each in Raigad, Sindhudurg and Gondia, one death each in Jalgaon, Nandurbar, Jalna, Nanded and Buldhana. In addition, one outsider died in Maharashtra.
A day after the number of deaths plummeted to nine, the number of deaths in Mumbai rose by 20 resulting in the Covid-19 toll rise from 10,893 to 10913.
The State health authorities had reported on Tuesday that following 724 new infections, infected cases in the metropolis had risen from 283,467 to 284,191.
However, the authorities on Wednesday brought down the total number of infections from 284,191 to 2,82,818, following the reconciliation of infection figures. They said that there were 877 new infections in the metropolis.
“As the duplicate entries of COVID-19 patients in MCGM were removed today from the central government's ICMR portal, there has been a reduction in the progressive cases and discharges in MCGM and in the state tally. Progressive cases have reduced by 2250 and the discharges have reduced by 1231,” the state health authorities said, alluding to the reconciliation of infection figures done by them.
Meanwhile, the number of “active cases” total cases in the state dropped from 89,098 to 88,537. The fatality rate in the state dropped from 2.59 per cent to 2.58 per cent.
Pune district, which continued to be the worst-affected city-district in Maharashtra, saw the total number of cases increase from 3,54,010 to 3,54,905, while the total number of deaths in Pune increased from 7479 to 7494.
Thane district remained in the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – after the total number of infections rose from 2,41,281 to 2,41,858, while the total deaths climbed from 5322 to 5329.
Of the 1,09,89,496 samples sent to laboratories, 18,32,176 have tested positive (16.67 per cent) for COVID-19 until Wednesday.
Currently, 5,47,791 people are in home quarantine while 6073 people are in institutional quarantine.