The Covid-19 deaths in Maharashtra breached a grim milestone of 48000 on Friday, as 87 more people died of Coronavirus, while 4268 people tested positive for the pandemic in various parts of the State.
With 87 new deaths, the Covid-19 toll in Maharashtra went up from 47,972 to 48,059. Similarly, with 4268 fresh infections, the total infected cases jumped from 18,68,172 to 18,72,440.
As 2774 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 this year rose to 17,49,973. The recovery rate in the state dropped marginally from 93.52 per cent to 93.46 per cent.
Of the 87 deaths reported, Mumbai accounted for a maximum of 13 deaths, 12 each in Pune and Nagpur, 6 in Solapur, 5 each in Nashik and Bhandara, 4 in Buldhana, 3 each in Thane, Sangli, Akola, Yavatmal and Wardha, 2 each in Ahmednagar, Satara, Sindhudurg, Osmanabad and Beed and one death each in Palghar, Dhule, Kolhapur, Aurangabad and Nanded.
With 13 fresh deaths, the Covid-19 toll in Mumbai climbed from 10,942 to 10,955, while the infected cases rose by 654 to trigger a jump in the infections from 288,696 to 289,350.
Meanwhile, the health authorities pegged the “active cases” total cases in the state At 73,315. The fatality rate in the state stood at 2.57 per cent.
Pune district, which continued to be the worst-affected city-district in Maharashtra, saw the total number of cases increase from 3,60,921 while the total number of deaths in Pune increased to 7608.
Thane district remained in the third spot — after Pune and Mumbai — after the total number of infections rose to 2,46.720, while the total deaths climbed to 5380.
Of the 1,15,70,137 samples sent to laboratories, 18,72,440 have tested positive (16.18 per cent) for COVID-19 until Friday.
Currently, 5,32,288 people are in home quarantine while 5122 people are in institutional quarantine.