The total number of Covid-19 infections crossed 7,000 mark in Maharashtra on Wednesday, as the State recorded 7,975 new positive cases while 233 more people succumbed to the pandemic.
With 7,975 fresh infections and 233 fatalities, the total number of positive cases in the cases jumped to 2,75,640, while the total number of deaths inched closer to 11,000 as the figure touched 10,928.
Of the total deaths reported to Wednesday, Mumbai alone accounted for 62 deaths, which took the total number of deaths in the metropolis from 5,405 to 5,467, while the total number of Covid-19 cases rose by 1,374 to touch 96,474.
In addition to 62 deaths recorded in Mumbai, there were 49 deaths in Thane, 48 deaths in Pune, 14 in Jalgaon, 13 in Nashik, 10 in Solapur, 6 in Palghar, 5 each in Raigad, Kolhapur and Aurangabad, 4 in Latur, 3 each in Dhule and Jalna, 2 in Sangli, 1 each in Satara, Ratnagiri, Nanded and Amravati.
With 67360 infected cases and 1818 deaths, Thane continued to be the second worst hit district in Maharashtra.
Pune, which has emerged as the third worst affected district in terms of spread of the pandemic, has recorded 44202 infections and 1,200 deaths till now.
In a related development, the total number of patients discharged from various hospitals after full recovery since the second week of March this year touched 1,52,613. The recovery rate in the state stood at 55.37 per cent. The mortality rate in the state is 3,96 per cent. The state health authorities pegged the number of “active cases” in the state at 1,11,801.
Out of 14,08,901 samples sent to laboratories, 2,75,640 have tested positive (19.56 per cent) for Covid-19 until Wednesday.
Currently, 7,08,373 people are in home quarantine while 43,315 people are in institutional quarantine