On a day when some minor fluctuations witnessed in its Covid-19 curve, Maharashtra recorded 4,909 infections and 120 deaths, while the recovery rate in the state increased to 90.46 per cent.
A day after infections plummeted to 4009 and deaths dropped to 104 in various parts of the state, the infections went up to 4909, while the daily death tally rose to 120 on Tuesday.
With fresh infections, the total infected cases jumped from 16,87,784 to 16,92,693.
Similarly, the Covid-19 toll rose from 44,128 to 44,248.
As 6973 more people were discharged from various hospitals the number of people discharged from the hospitals after full recovery since the second week of March this year went up to 15,31,277.. The recovery rate in the state rose from 90.31 per cent to 90.46 per cent.
The number of “active cases” in the state dropped from 1,18,777 to 1,16,543. The mortality rate in the state stood at 2.61 per cent. Currently, 17,95,666 people are in home quarantine while 11,969 people are in institutional quarantine.
The Covid-19 toll in Mumbai shot up to 10,323 while the infected cases rose by 746 to trigger a jump in the total infections from 2,59,111 to 2,59.857.
Pune district, which continued to be the worst-affected city-district in Maharashtra, saw the total number of cases increase from 3,35,094 to 335679 while the total number of deaths in Pune increased from 6734 to 6784.
Thane district remained in the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – after the total number of infections rose from 2,24,300 to 2,24,823 while the pandemic toll climbed to 5208 Meanwhile, out of 91,20,515 samples sent to laboratories, 16,92,693 have tested positive (18.56 per cent) for COVID-19 until Monday.