Maharashtra crossed 2.30 lakh-mark in terms of Covid-19 infections on Thursday, as many as 6,875 people tested positive for the coronavirus, while 219 more people died of pandemic in various parts of the State.
With the infections going up from Wednesdays’ count of 6,603 to 6,875 on Thursday, the total number of infected cases climbed up to 2,30,599.
With fresh 219 deaths, the total deaths in the State went up to 9,667.
Of the total 219 deaths, Mumbai accounted for 68 deaths, taking the total number of deaths in the metropolis to 5132 now, while the total number of positive patients rose by 1,268 cases to touch 89,124.
Apart from 68 deaths in Mumbai, there were 66 deaths in Thane, 27 deaths in Pune, 17 deaths in Raigad, eight deaths each in Palghar and Solapur, seven in Jalgaon, four in Nashik, three in Satara, two each in Ahmednagar, Nandurbar and Nagpur, one each in Latur, Jalna, Amravati, Nanded, and one from another state.
With 54,811 infected cases with 1,483 deaths, Thane has emerged as 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 33,394 infections and 989 deaths till now.
Meanwhile, the total number of patients discharged from various hospitals after full recovery since the second week of March this year touched 1,27,259. The recovery rate in the state stood at 55.19 per cent. The mortality rate in the state is 4.19 per cent. The state health authorities pegged the number of “active cases” in the state at 93,652.
Out of 12,12,487 samples sent to laboratories, 2,30,599 have tested positive (18.77%) for Covid-19 until Monday. Currently, 6,49,263 people are in home quarantine while 48,191 people are in institutional quarantine.