Maharashtra notched another landmark on Wednesday, as the total number of infected cases crossed 4 lakh, as the state recorded 9,211 new infections, while as many as 298 people succumbed to the pandemic.
After a gap of two days which saw a daily tally of 7000-plus cases, the infections jumped to 9211 cases, taking the total number of infections to 400651. After it recorded the highest-ever 10576 infections on July 22 and witnessed 9895, 9615, 9251 and 9431 on July 23, 24, 25 and 26 respectively, the daily infection tally in Maharashtra had dropped to 7924 on Monday and to 7717 on Tuesday.
With the fresh 298 deaths, the total number of deaths in the state went up to twoi
Of the total 298 deaths, Thane accounted for 64 deaths, followed by Pune and Mumbai with 60 deaths each.
With 60 more deaths, Mumbai’s Covid-19 toll rose from 6,187 to 6,247, while the number of infected cases increased by 1,109 – to touch 111,991 now. On Tuesday, Mumbai had recorded a three-month low of 700 infected cases.
Apart from 64 deaths in Thane’s and 60 deaths each in Pune and Mumbai, there were 17 deaths in Aurangabad, 15 in Solapur, 12 in Jalgaon, 8 in Palghar, 7 each in Raigad and Satara, 5 each in Dhule, Nashik and Nagpur, 4 each in Kolhapur, Jalna and Akola, 3 each in Nandurbar, Nanded and Amravati, 2 each in Parbhani, Latur, Beed and Buldhana and one death each in Hingoli, Osmanabad, Washim. In addition, one person from another state died in Maharashtra.
With 90,283 infected cases and 2,495 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 82,916 infections and1,945 deaths till now. The total number of patients discharged from hospitals after recovery since the second week of March this year touched2,39,755.