The second wave of Covid-19 turned into a crisis in Maharashtra on Thursday, as the daily infections touched an all-time high of 43,183 cases and 249 more people died of the pandemic in various parts of the state.
A day after the state recorded a staggering 39,544 infections were recorded, the Covid-19 situation in Maharashtra worsened on Thursday, as the daily caseloadA rose to an alarming 43,183 and the death toll increased to 249 as against 239 fatalities registered on Wednesday.
With 43,183 fresh cases, the total infections in Maharashtra climbed from 28,12,980 to 2,85,61,63. Similarly, with 249 new deaths, the total Covid-19 toll rose from 56,649 to 54,898.
As 23, 600 patients were discharged from the hospitals across the state after full recovery, the total number of people discharged from the hospitals since the second week of March last year went up to 24,33,368.. The recovery rate in the state dropped from 85.34 per cent to 85.20 per cent..
Meanwhile, the number of “active cases” total cases in the state increased from 3,56,243 to 3,66,533. The fatality rate in the state dropped from 1.94 per cent to 1.92 per cent.
There are a maximum of 64,599 “active” cases in Pune, followed by Mumbai (54,807) Nagpur (48,806), Thane (42,151), Nashik (36,292), Aurangabad (14,482), Jalgaon (6959), Amaravati (2983) and Akola (4054).
With 18 fresh deaths, the Covid-19 toll in Mumbai rose from 11,690 to 11,708, while the infected cases went up by 8646 to trigger a jump in the infections from 4,14,773 to 4,23,419.
Pune district, which continued to be the worst-affected city-district in Maharashtra, saw the total number of cases increase from 5,36,262 to 5,44,287, while the total number of deaths in Pune rose from 8325 to 8343.
Thane district remained in the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – after the total number of infections rose from 3,39,590 to 3,44,385 while the total deaths climbed from 5970 to 5970.
Of the 1,99,75,341, samples sent to laboratories, 28,56,163 have tested positive (14.3 per cent) for COVID-19 until Thursday.
Currently, 19,09,498 people are in home quarantine while 18,432 people are in institutional quarantine.