With no let up in its continued onslaught on Maharashtra, Coronavirus claimed 18 more lives taking the total number of deaths to 269 and left an alarming 431 others infected in various parts of the state.
On a day when the total number of infected cases rose from 5218 to 5649, as many as 18 people died of Covid-19. Of the deaths, Mumbai accounted for a maximum of ten, while two deaths each were reported from Pune and Aurangabad and one death each was recorded in Kalyan-Dombivli, Solapur, Jalgaon and Malegaon.
Of those whose deaths were reported on Wednesday, 14 were men, while four were women. Five of them aged over 60 years and 12 were from the age group 40 to 59 years, while one was under 40 years of age. “Twelve out of these 18 patients (61%) had high-risk co-morbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, asthma and heart disease,” the State health bulletin said.
With ten new deaths, the total deaths in Mumbai mounted to 161, while the infected cases jumped to 3683. In Pune, there have so far been 54 deaths and 734 infected cases.
Meanwhile, out of 90,223 laboratory samples, 83,979 have tested negative and 5649 have tested positive for coronavirus until today.
The state health authorities are implementing cluster containment action plan is being implemented in places where clusters of patients have been found in the state.
“There are 465 active containment zones in the state currently. Total 6798 surveillance squads worked today across the state and surveillance of 25.61 lakh population was done. As many as 6798 surveillance squads worked today across the state and surveillance of 25.61 lakh population was done,” the bulletin said.
As many as 789 patients have been discharged till date after full recovery. “Currently, 1,09,072 people are in home quarantine and 8,051 people are in institutional quarantine,” the bulletin added.