In a record number of Covid-19 infections reported in a day, as many as 552 people tested positive for Coronavirus in Maharashtra on Sunday, taking the total number of infected cases to 4200, while twelve more persons succumbed to the pandemic in the State.
On a day when Coronavirus claimed 12 more lives in Maharashtra, Mumbai accounted for six deaths, while there were four deaths in Malegaon and one death was reported from Solapur and Jamkhed in Ahmednagar district.
With the latest deaths, the total number of deaths in Maharashtra mounted 223, while the total number of deaths in Mumbai climbed to 132.
Of those who died, four were men, while 8 were women. Six of them were aged over 60 years, five were from the age group 40 to 60 years and the remaining one was under 40 years of age.
While the information on co-morbidities in the four deceased who died in Malegaon was not available, six out of the rest eight deceased (75%) had high-risk co-morbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, asthma and heart disease.
With fresh infected cases, the total number of infected cases in Mumbai rose to 2724. Similarly, the total number of infected cases in Pune Municipal Corporation climbed to 546, while the number of deaths stands at 49.
“Out of 72,023 laboratory samples, 67,673 were negative and 4200 have tested positive for coronavirus until today,” the state health medical bulletin said. The state health authorities are implementing cluster containment action plan is being implemented in places where clusters of patients have been found in the State.
“There are 368 active containment zones in the state currently. Total 6359 surveillance squads worked today across the state and surveillance of 23.97 lakh population was done,” the bulletin said.
Meanwhile, 507 patients have been discharged till date after full recovery. “Currently, 87,254 people are in home quarantine and 6,743 people are in institutional quarantine,” the bulletin added.