Coronavirus continued to rule the roost in Maharashtra on Monday, as it claimed 36 more lives and left an alarming 1230 others infected, causing considerable anxiety among the health officials battling the pandemic for nearly eight weeks now.
With the fresh fatalities, the total number of deaths in Maharashtra mounted to 868, while the total number of infected cases rose to a staggering 23,401.
Of the 36 deaths reported from across the state on Monday, Mumbai accounted for 20 deaths, while there five deaths in Solapur, three in Pune, two in Thane and one each in Amravati district, Aurangabad city, Nanded city, Ratnagiri and Wardha. Additionally, 1 death of an Uttar Pradesh resident was recorded in Mumbai.
Off the 36 dead, 23 were men while 13 were women. Seventeen of them aged above 60 years, 16 were from the age group 40 to 59 years and 3 were aged below 40 years.
“Twenty seven out of the rest 36 patients (75%) had high-risk co-morbidities such as diabetes, hypertension and heart disease,” the State health bulletin said in the evening.
With new 20 deaths, the total number of deaths in Mumbai rose to 528, while with 782 fresh cases the total number of infected cases went up to 14521.
Out of 2,18,914 laboratory samples, 1,93,457 tested negative, while 23,401 tested positive for coronavirus until Monday.
There are 1256 active containment zones in the state currently. Total 12,027 surveillance squads worked on Monday across the state and surveillance of 53.71 lakh population was done.
Meanwhile, 4786 patients have been discharged till date after full recovery. Currently, 2,48,301 people are in home quarantine and 15,192 people are in institutional quarantine.