In a big relief to the health authorities, the daily Covid-19 infections came down to 15,140 on Monday as against 22,444 cases recorded on Sunday, even as the daily cases in Mumbai went down below 1,000 to touch a figure of 960.
On a day when 91 fresh omicron cases were reported in the state, the daily infections dropped by 7304 cases on Monday. With the fresh infections, the total number of Covid-19 cases in the state rose from 77,05,969 cases to 77,21,109.
With 39 fresh deaths, the total number of deaths registered in the state since the outbreak of Covid-19 in the state in March 2020 went up from 1,42,572 to 1,42,611 cases.
Mumbai, where the daily infections have been dropping steadily for more than eight days, witnessed a drop in the number of cases from 1,160 to 960. With the latest cases, the total number of cases in Mumbai mounted from 10,45,630 cases to 10,46,590.
As 35,453 Covid-19 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 2020 increased from 73,31.806 cases to 73,68,259.The recovery rate in the state rose from 95.14 per cent to 95.42 per cent.
The number of “active cases” in the state dropped from 2,27,711 cases to 2,07,350 cases. The fatality rate in the state stood static at 1.85 per cent.
The active cases in Pune dropped from 69,511 cases on Sunday to 62365 on Monday.
The active cases in Mumbai dropped from 10797 to 9900, while the active cases in the neighbouring Thane came down from 16,974 cases on Sunday to 9900 on Monday.
Nagpur accounted for 24,600 cases, followed by Nashik (15549), Ahmednagar (9588)Aurangabad (6348), Satara (5556) and Raigad (5164).
Of the 7,46,29,449 samples sent to various laboratories across the state so far, 77,21,109 have tested positive (10.35 per cent) for COVID-19 until Sunday.
Currently, 11,74,825 people are in home quarantine while 2,798 people are in institutional quarantine.
Meanwhile, as many as 91 fresh Omicron cases were recorded in Maharashtra, taking the total number of the new Covid-19 variant cases to 3,221.