In a noticeable dip in the Covid-19 infections and fatalities in Maharashtra , the infected cases dropped to 2,498, while the deaths came down to 50 on Monday.
A day after Maharashtra recorded 3314 new infected cases and 66 infections, the infections went down by a sizable 816, while there was a dip of 16 deaths in the daily tally of fatalities.
With 2498 fresh infections, the total number of infections in Maharashtra climbed from 19,19,550 to 19,22,048 Similarly, with 50 new
deaths, the Covid-19 toll in the state rose from 49,255 to 49305.
As 4501 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 went up to 18,09,948. The recovery rate in the state rose marginally from 94.29 per cent to 94.4 per cent.
With 12 new deaths, the total number of deaths went up from 11,076 to 11,088, while the infected cases rose by 557 to trigger a jump in the total infections from 2,90,914 to 2,91,471.
Meanwhile, the number of “active cases” total cases in the state dropped from 59,214 to 57,159. 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 3,70,635 to 3,70,962, while the total number of deaths in Pune rose from 7725 to 7726.
Thane district remained in the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – after the total number of infections rose from 2,53,012 to 2,53,308, while the total deaths climbed from 5551 to 5556.