Maharashtra breached a grim milestone of 18 lakh Covid-19 infections on Thursday, as the State recorded 65 fresh deaths and 6,406 new infections.
A day after the State logged 65 deaths and 6159 new infected cases, the Covid-19 deaths remained static at 65 for the second consecutive day, while the infections rose marginally to 6406.
With 6406 fresh infections, the total number of infected cases in the state crossed 18 lakh mark, as the cases jumped from 17,95,959 to 18,02,365.
With 65 new deaths, the Covid-19 toll in Maharashtra climbed from 46,748 to 46,813.
As 4815 more people were discharged from various hospitals the number of people discharged from the hospitals on Thursday after full recovery since the second week of March this year went up to 16,68,538. The recovery rate in the state dropped marginally from 92.64 to 92.57 per cent.
Of the 65 deaths reported, Mumbai accounted for a maximum of 15 deaths, followed by 9 deaths in Pune, 6 each in Satara and Nagpur, 4 in Chandrapur, 3 each in Thane, Kolhapur and Parbhani, 2 each in Palghar, Nashik, Solapur, Beed and Bhandara and one death each in Jalgaon, Jalna, Nanded and Gondia.
In addition, two persons from outside the state died in Maharashtra.
With 15 fresh deaths, the pandemic toll in Mumbai climbed from 10,725 to 10,740, while the infected cases went up by 1147 to trigger a jump in the total infections from 278,597 to 279,744.
Meanwhile, the number of “active cases” total cases in the state went up from 84,464 to 85,963. The fatality rate in the state stood at 2.60 per cent.
Pune district, which continued to be the worst-affected city-district in Maharashtra, saw the total number of cases increase from 3,48,814 to 3.49,792, while the total number of deaths in Pune increased from 7304 to 7313.
Thane district remained in the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – after the total number of infections rose from 2,37,180 to 2,37,984 while the total deaths mounted from 5439 to 5442.
Of the 1,05,47,333 samples sent to laboratories, 18,02,365 have tested positive (17.09 per cent) for COVID-19 until Thursday.
Currently, 5,28,690 people are in home quarantine while 6634 people are in institutional quarantine.