In a huge relief to the health authorities, the daily Covid-19 deaths dipped to a double digit of 68 and the infections dropped to 4,505 in Maharashtra on Monday, even as 7,568 patients were discharged after full recovery from various hospitals across the State.
After the fatalities remained static at 187 for two consecutive days and the tally came down to 151 on Sunday, the daily deaths slumped to 68, while the infections came down from 5,508 on Sunday to 4,505 on Monday.
With 68 fresh fatalities, the total number of deaths in the state increased from 1,33,996 to 1,34,064, while the infections -- with 4,505 new cases – climbed from 63,53,328 to 63,57,833.
As 7,568 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 increased from 61,44,388 to 61,51,956. The recovery rate in the State rose from 96.71 per cent to 96.76 per cent.
The total “active cases” in the state increased from 71,510 to 68,375.
The fatality rate in the state stood static at 2.1 per cent.
Pune with 14,159 active cases emerged as the first in the state in terms of maximum number of “active cases” in the state, while Sangli with 7,271 stood second, followed by Satara (6,888), Thane (6130), Solapur (5,996), Ahmednagar (5,641), Kolhapur (4,660) and Mumbai (4599).
Of the 4,97,25,694 samples sent to various laboratories across the State so far, 63,53,528 have tested positive (12.82 per cent) for Covid-19 until Sunday.
Currently, 4,21,683 people are in home quarantine while 2,895 people are in institutional quarantine.