The Covid-19 infections dropped to 29,911 in Maharashtra on Thursday, even as the State logged 984 deaths – including 246 deaths arising out of consolidation of old unaccounted figures, even as 47,371 patients were discharged from various hospitals across the State after full recovery.
A day after the pandemic claimed 594 lives and left 34,031 people infected in various parts of Maharashtra, the infections dropped to 29,911, while the state recorded 984 deaths – 429 that occurred in the last 48 hours, 309 recorded in the last week and 246 old unaccounted cases.
With 984 new deaths, the total number of deaths in the state climbed from 84,371 to 85,355.
Similarly, with 29,911 new infections, the total number of cases climbed from 54,67,537 to 54,97,448.
As 47,371 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 breached the 50 lakh mark to touch 50,26,308. The recovery rate in the state went up from 91.06 per cent to 91.34 per cent.
The total “active cases” in the state dropped from 4,01,695 to 3,83,253. The fatality rate in the state went up from 1.54 per cent to 1.55 per cent.
With 37 fresh deaths, the Covid-19 toll in Mumbai increased from 14,373 to 14,410, while the infected cases went up by a relatively low 1433 to trigger a jump in the infections from 6,91,352 to 6,92,785.
The situation in Pune improved vastly as the “active cases” dropped from 67,295 to 64,084.
Mumbai with 28,987 active cases stood second in the state, followed by Thane (27,604), Solapur (19,783), Nagpur (19,615), Ahmednagar (18,976), Satara (18,942), Nashik (18,151), Amravati (10,685), Beed (10463), Chandrapur (8111), Jalgaon (7839), Aurangabad (6929), Osmanabad (6692), Latur (5588), Buldhana (5088) and Jalna (4745),
Of the 3,21,54,275 samples sent to various laboratories across the state so far, 54,97,448 have tested positive (17.15 per cent) for COVID-19 until Thursday
Currently, 29,35,409 people are in home quarantine while 21,648 people are in institutional quarantine.