Maharashtra on Wednesday witnessed lower trend, as 158 residents died, while 10,552 people tested positive for Covid-19 in different parts of the state.
With fresh deaths, the total Covid-19 toll rose from 40,701 to 40,859, while the infections jumped from 15,43,837 to 15,54,389m.
Of the total deaths reported on Wednesday, Mumbai accounted for 48 deaths 20 in Thane, 15 in Satara, 12 deaths each in Pune and Nagpur.
There were 9 deaths in Nashik, followed by 7 deaths in Raigad, 6 in Solapur, 5 in Sangli, 3 each in Kolhapur, Jalna, Latur and Bhandara, 2 each in Aurangabad, Osmanabad and Chandrapur and one death each in Palghar, Jalgaon, Nandurbar, Beed, Yavatmal and Buldhana.
With 48 deaths, there were Covid-19 deaths 48, the total deaths rise from 9,507 to 9,555 while the infected cases rose by 2,211 to trigger a jump in the infections from 232,391 to 234,602 now.
With 38 fresh deaths, the Covid-19 toll rose from 9,469 to 9,507 while the infected cases went up by 1,325 to trigger a jump in the total infections from 231,066 to 232,391.
Meanwhile, the mortality rate in the state stood at 2.63 per cent. The “active cases” dropped from 2,12,439 to 1,96,288.