After a gap of 24 hours, Maharashtra was back to three-digits in terms of Covid-19 fatalities on Monday, as 109 more people succumbed to coronavirus and 2,553 others tested positive for the pandemic in various parts of the state.
With fresh deaths and infections, the total number of deaths mounted to 3,169 and the total number of infected cases rose to 88,528 in the State.
Taking into consideration 3,169 total deaths and 40,975 patients discharged from various hospitals ever since the outbreak of pandemic in the state, the state health authorities pegged the number of “active cases” in the state at 44,374.
Of the deaths reported on Monday, Mumbai accounted for 64 deaths, while there were eight deaths in Aurangabad, seven deaths in Puhne, six deaths each in Jalgaon and Solapur, four deaths in Dhule, three deaths in Ratnagiri two deaths each in Kalyan-Dombivli and Nashik and one death each in Ulhasnagar, Vasai-Virar, Bhiwandi, Thane, Ahmednagar, Jalna and Nanded.
There have been a total of 1389 deaths in Maharashtra during the previous 14 days. On May 26 (Tuesday) the state had witnessed 97 deaths, while there were 105 deaths on May 27, 85 deaths on May 28, 116 deaths on May 29 and 99 deaths on May 30, 89 deaths on May 31, 76 on June 1, 103 on June 2, 122 on June 3, 123 on June 4, 139 on June 5, 120 on June 6, 91 on June 7 and 109 on June 8.
Out of the 109 people dead, 71 were men while 38 were women. Fifty nine of the deceased were aged over 60 years, 44 were from the age group 40 to 59 years and 6 were aged below 40 years. “Seventy nine out of 109 patients (72.5%) had high-risk co-morbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease,” a state health bulletin said. Out of the total deaths reported on Monday, 32 deaths occurred in the last two days and the rest are from the period May 3 to June 5.
With 64 new deaths and 1311 fresh infections, the total number deaths mounted to 1702, while the total infected cases rose to 50085. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said that there were 26345 “active cases” in the metropolis.
Some key observations made in Monday’s report were: the recovery rate in the state is 46.28 per cent. The case fatality rate in the state: 3.57 per cent. Currently, 5,64,736 people are in home quarantine. There are 75,759 beds available in quarantine institutions while 26,760 people are in institutional quarantine now.
Out of 5,64,331 samples sent for analysis to labs, 88,528 have been tested positive (15.68%) for COVID-19 until Monday.
There are 3510 active containment zones in the state currently. Total 17,895 surveillance squads worked today across the state while surveillance of 66.84 lakh people has been done so far.