With absolutely no sign of Covid-19 curve flattening, as many as 18 more persons died of coronavirus on Tuesday, taking the total number of deaths in Maharashtra to 178 and a staggering 350 others tested positive for Covid-19 in various parts of the state.
That the spread has become rapid could be evidenced from the an alarming 359 infected cases that were reported during the day, taking the total number of cases from 2334 to 2684.
Of the total deaths, Mumbai accounted for 11 deaths, taking the total number of deaths in the state to 178 and in Mumbai to 111.
Pune reported four deaths, while there was one death each in Ahmednagar and Aurangabad. One remaining person who died belong to another state.
Of the 18 deaths reported on Tuesday, 11 were men and 7 women. Five of the deceased were aged over 60 years, while 11 deceased were in the age group 40 to 60 years. The two remaining deceased were below 40 years. “Eight out of these 11 patients (72%) had high-risk comorbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, asthma and heart disease. One person was suffering from cancer, while another was suffering from tuberculosis,” a state medical bulletin said in the evening.
Of total 350 infected cases reported on Monday, Mumbai accounted for 204, while there were 15 cases from Pune.
“Out of 46,588 laboratory samples, 42808 were negative and 2684 have been tested positive for coronavirus until today,” the bulletin said.
“A total 5059 surveillance squads were working today across the state and surveillance of 18.37 lakh population was done,” the bulletin said
In all, 229 patients have been discharged till date after full recovery.
Meanwhile, the state health authorities said that they were carrying out a thorough search of citizens who had attended the religious gathering at Banglewali Masjid at Nizamuddin last month was underway at the level of all districts and municipal corporations.
Of the Tablighi Jamaat event attendees, 755 have been tested and 50 have been found to be positive for Covid-19.