In a downward Covid-19 trend witnessed for the second consecutive day, the daily tally of new infections dropped from Monday’s 7924 to 7717 on Tuesday, while 282 people died of Coronavirus in various parts of the state.
After it recorded the highest-ever 10576 infections on July 22 and witnessed 9895, 9615, 9251 and 9431 on July 23, 24, 25 and 26 respectively, the daily infection tally in Maharashtra saw a drop of 207 cases to touch 7717 cases on Tuesday.
With 7717 new infections and 282 fatalities, the total number of positive cases jumped to 3,91,440, while the total number of deaths crossed 14,000 mark to touch 14165.
Of the total 282 deaths reported on Tuesday, 28 July 2020, Mumbai accounted for 55 deaths, taking the total number of deaths in Mumbai to 6187.
Apart 55 deaths reported in Mumbai, there were 47 deaths in Pune, 45 in Thane, 25 in Solapur, 19 in Raigad, 18 in Nagpur, 13 in Jalgaon, 11 in Nashik, 8 in Satara, 6 each in Kolhapur and Aurangabad, 5 each in Sangli and Latur, 4 in Osmanabad, 3 in Ahmednagar, 2 each in Palghar and Amravati and one death each in Dhule, Nandurbar, Sindhudurg, Jalna, Parbhani, Akola, Yavatmal and Buldhana.
With 88,859 infected cases and 2431 deaths, Thane continued to be the second worst hit district in Maharashtra.
Pune, which has emerged as the third worst affected district in terms of spread of the pandemic, has recorded 80325 infections and 1885 deaths till now. Meanwhile, the total number of patients discharged from various hospitals after full recovery since the second week of March this year touched 2,32,277. The recovery rate in the state stood at 59.32 per cent. The mortality rate in the state is 3.62 per cent. The state health authorities pegged the number of “active cases” in the state at 1,44,694.
Out of 19,68,559 samples sent to laboratories, 3,91,440 have tested positive (19.88 per cent) for COVID-19 until Sunday.
Currently, 8,85,545 people are in home quarantine while 42773 people are in institutional quarantine.