The daily Covid-19 cases shot up top 44,388 in Maharashtra while the State recorded 207 fresh Omicron cases on Sunday, even as the total number of people in home quarantine in various parts of the state crossed 10.76 lakh mark.
A day after the daily Covid-19 infections touched a staggering tally of 41,434 cases, the daily cases went up to 44,388, taking the total number of cases from 68,75,656 to 69,20,044 cases. As many as 12 Covid-19 deaths were reported from various parts of the state.
Of the 44,388 fresh cases recorded in the state, Mumbai accounted for 19,474 Covid-19 cases on Sunday. With the daily cases having dropped from 20,318 cases to 19,474 on Sunday, the total number of cases in the metropolis rose from 8,95,098 to 9,14,572.
As 15,351 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 increased from 65,57,081 to 65,72,432. The recovery rate in the state dropped from 95.37 per cent to 94.98 per cent.
The number of “active cases” in the state increased from 1,73,238 cases to 2.02,259 cases. The fatality rate in the state dropped from 2.05 per cent to 2.04 per cent.
Of the total recorded cases, Mumbai accounts for a maximum of 1,17,437 active cases, while there are 38,105 active cases in Thane. There are 18,867 active cases in Pune, followed by Raigad (6486), Palghar (5381), Nashik (3550), Nagpur (2609), Ahmednagar (1093) and Satara (1047).
Of the 7,05,45,105 samples sent to various laboratories across the state so far, 69,20,044 have tested positive (9.88888 per cent) for COVID-19 until Sunday.
Currently, 10,76,996,people are in home quarantine while 2614 people are in institutional quarantine.
Meanwhile, the State recorded 207 cases of Omicron, taking the total number of new Covid-19 variant cases to 1216 cases. Of the cases, 155 cases have been reported by B J Medical College while 52 cases have been reported by the National Institute of Virology( NIV), Pune.
The following is the break-up of a total 1216 Omicron cases recorded in the state so far, Mumbai: 606, PMC-223, Pimpri-Chinchwad—68, Sangli –59, Nagpur -51, Thane –48,, Pune rural --32, Kolhapur -18, Panvel –17, Osmanabad –11, Navi Mumbai and Satara –10 each, Amrvati –9, Kalyan Dombivli —7, Buldhana and Vasai-Virar- 6 each,Bhiwandi-Nizampur and Akola-5 each, Nanded, Ulhasnagar, Aurangabad and Gondia –3 each, Ahmednagar, Gadchiroli, Latur and Nandurbar—2 each, Jalna and Raigad—one each.
Of the total cases 454 patients have been discharged after a negative RT–PCR test.
In a related development, the authorities said the total number of passengers who arrived at Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur airports since December 1 was 2,55,324 (37,552 from At-risk countries and rest 21772 are from other countries), while passengers whose RT-PC tests have been done are 71834 (37,552 are from high-risk countries and 34,282 are from other countries). Similarly, RT-PCR positive and samples sent for genomic sequencing was 901 (436 are from at-risk countries and 465 are from other countries).
Additionally, field surveillance of all international passengers who have arrived since 1st November is underway.
“Through airport and field surveillance, 3,868 samples have been sent for genomic sequencing. The results of 97 are awaited so far,” the daily health bulletin said.