The total number of Covid-19 deaths in Mumbai crossed 5,000 mark on Tuesday, even as the infected cases dropped further in Maharashtra from Monday’s 5,368 cases to 5,134 and as many as 224 people succumbed to coronavirus in various parts of the State.
With 224 new deaths and 5134 fresh infections, the total number of deaths in the state rose to 9,250 while the total number of infections jumped to 217121.
Of the total deaths, Mumbai alone accounted for 64 deaths, taking the total number of deaths in the city to 5,002 now, while the number of Covid-19 positive cases went up by 785 cases to touch 86,509.
Significantly enough, Mumbai surpassed China in terms of total deaths and infections and. China has witnessed 4,634 deaths and 83,565 cases, ranking at no. 22 on the Worldometer, as against 5002 deaths and 86509 infected cases recorded in Mumbai.
Apart from 64 deaths recorded by Mumbai, there were 54 deaths in Thane, 37 deaths in Pune, 13 in Nashik, 10 each in Palghar and Solapur, nine in Raigad, eight in Jalgaon, five in Aurangabad, three in Latur, two each in Dhule, Yavatmal and Jalna, one each in Ahmednagar, Nanded, Osmanabad, Satara and one from another State.
With 50,829 with 1,381 deaths, Thane has emerged as the second worst hit district in Maharashtra.
Pune, which has emerged as the third worst affected district in terms of spread of the pandemic, breached 30000 mark by touching 30,131 infections and 926 deaths till now.
Meanwhile, the total number of patients discharged from various hospitals after full recovery since the second week of March this year touched 1, 18,558. The recovery rate in the state stood at 54.6 per cent. The mortality rate in the state is 4.26 per cent. The state health authorities pegged the number of “active cases” in the state at 89,294.
Out of 11, 51,311 samples sent to laboratories, 2,17,121 have tested positive (18.69%) for COVID-19 until Monday. Currently, 6,31,985 people are in home quarantine while 45,463 people are in institutional quarantine.