In some relief to the health authorities in the worst pandemic-hit state of Maharashtra, the number of Covid-19 infections dropped by more than 11,500 cases on Monday, while the daily Coronavirus deaths also came down by 91.
A day after the state logged an all-time high of 63,294 infections and 349 deaths, the number of new cases came down to 51,751, while the daily deaths dropped to 258. The drop in the number of infections is being seen as a fallout of the effective implementation of Covid-19 restrictions across the state.
With 51,751 fresh cases, the total infections climbed from 3,40,7245 to 3,45,8996 Similarly, with 258 new deaths, the total Covid-19 toll rose from 57,987 to 58,245. As 52,312 patients were discharged from the hospitals across the state after full recovery, the total number of people discharged from the hospitals since the second week of March last year went up to 28,34,473. The recovery rate in the state for the first time in several days increased from 81.65 per cent to 8.94 per cent.
Similarly, the number of “active cases” total cases in the state dropped from 5,65,587 to 5,64,746 cases. The fatality rate in the state dropped from 1.70 per cent to 1.68 per cent.
With 43 fresh deaths, the Covid-19 toll in Mumbai rose from 12,023 to 12066, while the infected cases went up by 6893to trigger a jump in the infections from 5,20,498 to 5,27,391.
While Pune accounted for a maximum 1,10,000 “active cases” in the state, Mumbai stood second with 89,125 active cases, followed by Thane (75,683), Nagpur (59,756), Nashik (37,760), Aurangabad (15542), Ahmednagar (13,107), Nanded (11,427), Bhandara (11362), Jalgaon (10694), Latur (10,456) Buldhana (8193), Parbhani (7824), Beed (7472), Nandurbar (7181), Chandrapur (6331) and Gondia (5263).