With no let up in the worsening coronavirus situation in Maharashtra, as many as 120 more people succumbed to the pandemic and 2,739 others tested positive for Covid-19 in various parts of the State on Saturday.
With fresh deaths and infections, the total number of deaths mounted to 2,969 and the total number of infected cases rose to 82,968 in the state.
Having taken into consideration the total 2,969 deaths and 37,390 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 42,600.
Of the deaths reported on Saturday, Mumbai accounted for 58, while there were 10 deaths each in Thane and Pune, six deaths each in Navi Mumbai and Ulhasnagar, five deaths each in Mira-Bhayandar, Nashik and Satara, three deaths in Bhiwandi, two deaths each in Malegaon, Solapur, Aurangabad, Akola and Amravati and one death each in Vasai-Virar and Palghar.
With 58 new deaths and 1,274 fresh infections, the total number deaths mounted to 1,577, while the total infected cases rose to 47,354. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said that there were 25,794 “active cases” in the metropolis.
Out of 120 deceased, 78 were men while 42 were women. Fifty three of them were aged over 60 years, 47 were from the age group 40 to 59 years and 20 were aged below 40 years. “Sixty nine out of 120 patients (57.5%) had high-risk co-morbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease,” a state health bulletin said.
There have been a total of 1198 deaths in Maharashtra during the previous 12 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 and 120 on June 6.
Some key observations made in Saturday’s bulletin are: the recovery rate in the state is 45.06 per cent and case fatality rate in the state is 3.57 per cent.
Currently, 5,46,566 people are in home quarantine. There are 75,741 beds available in quarantine institutions while 29,098 people are in institutional quarantine now.
Out of the total deaths reported today, 30 deaths occurred in the last two days and the rest are from the period 3 rd May to 3 rd June 2020.
As many as 85 laboratories are functional in the state for Covid-19 diagnosis – 47 government ones and 38 private ones.
Out of 5,37,124 samples sent for laboratory, 82,968 have tested positive for Covid-19 until Saturday.. There are 3603 active containment zones in the state currently. Total 18,422 surveillance squads worked across the State on Saturday and surveillance of 69.82 lakh people has been done so far.