The downward Covid-19 trend continued in Maharashtra on Tuesday, as the State recorded 68 new deaths and 2,840 fresh infections.
With 68 fresh deaths, the Covid-19 toll crossed 46,000 mark in Maharashtra and touched a figure of 46102, Similarly, with fresh infections, the total infections jumped from 17,47,242 on Sunday to 17,52,509 on Tuesday.
As 5123 more people were discharged from various hospitals the number of people discharged from the hospitals after full recovery since the second week of March this year went up to 16,23.503 The recovery rate in the state rose marginally from to 92,45 per cent on Sunday to 92.64 per cent on Tuesday.
Of the 68 deaths reported, Mumbai accounted for a maximum of 14 deaths, while there 11 deaths in Pune, 7 in Thane, 6 in Solapur, 4 in Beed, 3 each in Nashik, Sangli,
Aurangabad and Jalna, 2 each in Jalgaon, Satara, Kolhapur, Sindhudurg and Chandrapur and one death 1 each in Palghar, Latur, Osmanabad and Nagpur.
With 14 deaths, the Covid-19 toll in Mumbai climbed from 10,585 to 10,599 while the infected cases rose by a relatively low 544 cases to trigger a jump in the total infections in the metropolis from 2,70,116 to 2,70,660.
Meanwhile, the number of “active cases” total cases rose from 84,918 on Sunday to 81,925 on Tuesday The fatality rate in the state stood at 2.63 per cent.
Pune district, which continued to be the worst-affected city-district in Maharashtra, saw the total number of cases increase from 3,41,877 on Sunday to 3,42,547, while the total number of deaths in Pune increased from 7156 on Sunday to 7176.
Thane district remained in the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – after the total number of infections rose from 2,31,239 on Sunday to 2,31,813 on Tuesday, while the pandemic toll climbed from 5389 on Sunday to 5401 on Tuesday
Currently, 7,91,120 people are in home quarantine while 5367 people are in institutional quarantine.
In a related development, out of 98,47,120 samples sent to laboratories, 17,52,509 have tested positive (17.8 cent) for COVID-19 until Tuesday.