The daily Covid-19 infections dropped to 3,643 and deaths came down to 105 in Maharashtra on Monday, even as 6,795 patients were discharged after full recovery from various hospitals across the State.
A day after the state logged 145 deaths and 4141 infections, the infections came down further to 3,643 and deaths dropped to 105.
With 105 fresh fatalities reported on Monday, the total number of deaths in the state increased from 1,35,962 to 1,36,0 67, while the total infections -- with 3,643 new cases – went up from 64,2,4651 to 64,28,294.
As 6,795 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 62,31,999 to 62,38,794. The recovery rate in the state rose from 97 per cent to 97.05 per cent.
The total “active cases” in the state dropped from 53,182 to 49,924. The fatality rate in the state stood static at 2.11 per cent.
Pune with 11,746 active cases emerged as the first in the state in terms of maximum number of “active cases” in the state, while Thane with 6,942 cases stood second in the state, followed by Satara (5800), Ahmednagar (4654), Sangli (4,404), Solapur (4,178) and Mumbai (3029).
Of the 5,24,45,689 samples sent to various laboratories across the state so far, 64,28,689 have tested positive (12.26 per cent) for COVID-19 until Monday.
Currently, 3,02,888 people are in home quarantine while 2,487 people are in institutional quarantine.