In the second highest number of recoveries reported since the outbreak of Covid-19 in March-April last year, as many 71,966 patients were discharged from various hospitals in Maharashtra on Tuesday after their full recovery from Covid-19, even the State logged 793 deaths and 40,956 cases.
Less than a week after it recorded the highest recoveries, Maharashtra witnessed 71,966 recoveries which took the total number of people discharged from various hospitals after full recovery from 44,69,425 to 45,41,391.
As a result, the recovery rate in the State climbed from 86.95 per cent to 87.67 per cent.
It may be recalled that a record 82,266 patients were discharged from various hospitals in Maharashtra on May 8 after their full recovery from Covid-19,
In further relief to the State health authorities, the “active cases” in Pune – which had dropped below one lakh mark on Monday, dropped further from 97,593 to 95,731.
Pune recorded 43 new deaths and 7,665 new infections. While the total deaths in Pune went up from 10,059 to 10102, the total caseload climbed from 9,30,809 to 9,38,474.
Currently, Pune has the highest caseload of 9,38,474 , while Mumbai's total number of infections is 6,79,129, followed among other districts by Thane (5,40,495), Nagpur (4,69,206), Nashik (3,55,347) nd Ahmednagar ( 2,09,694).
A day after the State recorded 549 and 37,236 new cases, the daily deaths went up to 793 , while the infections dropped by 3720 to register a daily caseload of 40,956.
With 793 new deaths, the total number of deaths in the State climbed from 76,398 to 77,191 Similarly, with 40,956 new infections, the total number of cases rose from 51,38,973 to 51,79,929.
The total “active cases” in the state dropped from 5,90,818 cases to 5,56,996. The fatality rate in the state stood static at 1.49 per cent.
With 51 fresh deaths, the Covid-19 toll in Mumbai increased from 13,855 to 13,906, while the infected cases went up by a relatively low 1717 to trigger a jump in the infections from 6,77,412 to 6,79,129.