In a clear pointer to a fast sliding Covid-19 curve being witnessed in Maharashtra amid apprehensions of a second wave of pandemic, the Coronavirus deaths plunged further to 30 and the infections came down to 4,153 in the state.
A day after the Covid-19 deaths dipped to 50 and the infections dropped marginally to 5753, Maharashtra appeared to be on a road to recovery as the number of deaths dropped to a manageable figure of 30 and the infections slid by 1600 cases to touch a daily tally of 4153.
With 30 fresh deaths, the Covid-19 in Maharashtra went up from 46,623 to 46,653. Similarly, with 4153 new infected cases reported on Monday, the total infections in the state jumped from 17,80,208 to 17,84,361.
However, the number of ‘active cases” in Maharashtra rose marginally from 81,512 to 81,902, even as the fatality rate in the state came down from 2.62 per cent to 2.61 per cent.
As 3,729 more people were discharged from various hospitals the number of people discharged from the hospitals on Saturday after full recovery since the second week of March this year went up to 16,54.793. The recovery rate in the state dropped marginally from 92.75 per cent to 92.74 per cent.
Of the 30 deaths reported on Monday, Mumbai accounted for a maximum of 14 deaths, followed by three deaths each in Satara, Latur and Beed, 2 in Pune and one death each in Thane, Nashik, Solapur, Nanded and Chandrapur.
With 14 fresh deaths, the Covid-19 toll in Mumbai climbed from 10,675 to 16,689, while the infected cases rose by 800 cases to trigger a jump in the total infections in the metropolis from 275,714 to 276,514.
Pune district, which continued to be the worst-affected city-district in Maharashtra, saw the total number of cases increase from 3,46,433 to 3,46,961, while the total number of deaths in Pune increased from 7289 to 7291.
Thane district remained in the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – after the total number of infections rose from 2,35,188 to 2,35,779.