A day after having notched the highest-ever daily tally of 9518 infected cases, Maharashtra witnessed a drop of nearly 1,278 in the number of cases on Monday, as 8240 people tested positive for Covid-19, while 176 more people succumbed to the pandemic in parts of the State.
After the pandemic breached 8000 cases’ mark for three consecutive days (Thursday-8641, Friday-8308 and Saturday-8348), as many as 9518 people had been diagnosed positive for Covid in parts of the state on Sunday.
However, in a relief for the state health authorities, the infected cases came down to 8240 on Monday, taking the total number of infections in the state to 3,18,695.
With the fresh 176 deaths, the total number of deaths crossed 12,000 mark and touched 12,030.
Of the total reported on Monday, Mumbai recorded 41 deaths taking up the total number of deaths in the metropolis from 5,714 to 5,755, while the number of corona cases rose by 1,035 to touch 102,423.
For the first time in recent weeks, Pune’s daily Covid-19 toll of 42 overshot Mumbai’s 41 deaths on Monday.
Apart from 42 deaths in Pune and 41 deaths in Mumbai, there were 33 deaths in Thane, 21 in Jalgaon, 6 in Raigad, 5 in Solapur, 4 each in Kolhapur and Sangli, 3 in Aurangabad, 2 each in Palghar, Satara, Amravati, Buldhana and Nashik, 1 death each in Dhule, Jalna, Latur, Nanded, Washim and Wardha. One more death was reported in the state – that of a person from another state.
With 76749 infected cases and 2069 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 57024 infections and 1401 deaths till now.
In a related development, the total number of patients discharged from various hospitals after full recovery since the second week of March this year touched 1,75,029. The recovery rate in the state stood at 54.92 per cent. The mortality rate in the state is 3.77 per cent. The state health authorities pegged the number of “active cases” in the state at 1,31,334
Out of 16,00,667 samples sent to laboratories, 3,18,695 have tested positive (19.85 per cent) for COVID-19 until Monday.
Currently, 7,65,781 people are in home quarantine while 45,434 people are in institutional quarantine.