In a drop in the number of infections and fatalities, Maharashtra on Saturday recorded 22,084 infected cases – lower than all-time high of 24,886 cases recorded on Friday, while the number of deaths dropped from 442 to 391 during the last 24 hours.
With 22,084 fresh infections, the total number of positive cases jumped in the state jumped from 10,15,681 to 10,37,765.
Similarly, with 391 fresh deaths, the total number of deaths in the state mounted to 29,115.
Of the total 391 deaths, Pune topped the list with 61 deaths, while there were 42 deaths in Mumbai, 40 in Nagpur, 31 in Sangli, 23 in Kolhapur, 22 in Solapur, 18 in Satara, 17 in Ahmednagar, 16 each in Thane and Nanded, 12 in Aurangabad and 10 each in Raigad and Nashik.
In the lower range, there were 9 deaths in Palghar, 8 in Amravati, 7 each in Jalgaon and Sindhudurg, 6 in Parbhani, 5 each in Dhule and Latur, Akola, 4 each in Osmanabad and Yavatmal, 2 each in Ratnagiri, Beed and Washim and one death each in Nandurbar, Bhandara, Gondia and Gadchiroli. In addition, three persons from other states/ countries died in Maharashtra.
In a couple of notable features, the districts of Nagpur, Sangli, Kolhapur, Solapur, Satara, Ahmednagar, Nanded and Aurangabad witnessed sharp spikes in deaths, while as many as five districts in the state reported zero deaths.
With 42 deaths Mumbai’s Covid-19 toll rose from 8,067 to 8109, while the infected cases increased from 165,306 to 1,67,656.
Pune district with 2,28,416 infected cases continued to be the worst-affected city-district in Maharashtra. The number of deaths in Pune increased from 4693 to 4754.
Thane district remained on the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – with 1,54,994 total cases, while the pandemic toll rose from 4118 to 4134.
In a related development, as many as 13,489 patients were discharged from hospitals in the state after full recovery. As a result, the total number of patients discharged from various hospitals after full recovery since the second week of March this year, went up to 7,28,512 The recovery rate stood at 70.2 per cent. The mortality rate in the state is 2.81 per cent. The state health authorities pegged the number of “active cases” in the state at 2,78,768.
Out of 51,64,840 samples sent to laboratories, 10,37,765 have tested positive (20.09 per cent) for COVID-19 until Saturday.
Currently, 16,52,955people are in home quarantine while 38,275 people are in institutional quarantine.