The Covid-19 infections in Maharashtra dropped further to 15,077 and the daily deaths came down to 500 on Monday, even as the infections in Mumbai went down to a lowest of 666 in recent months thus marking a significant improvement in the situation in the metropolis.
A day after Maharashtra logged 18600 infections and 814 deaths, the infections dropped by 3523 to touch the day’s tally of 15,077, while the daily deaths decreased to 500 – which comprised 184 current fatalities and 316 previous unaccounted deaths.
In what came as a big relief, the infections in Mumbai dropped to 666, while the daily deaths came down to 29. As a consequence, the Covid-19 toll in the metropolis increased from 14,797 to 14,826, while the infected cases went up a relatively low of 666 on Monday to trigger a jump in the infections from 7,04,622 to 7,05,288.
With 500 deaths reported in Maharashtra on Monday, the total number of deaths in the state climbed from 94,844 to 95,344. Similarly, with 15,077 new infections, the total number of cases climbed from 57,31,815 to 57,46,892.
As 33,000 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 53,62,370 to 53,95,370. The recovery rate in the state rose from 93.55 per cent to 93.88 per cent.
The total “active cases” in the state increased marginally from 2,71,801 to 2,53,367. The fatality rate in the state rose 1.65 per cent to 1.66 per cent.
The situation in Pune improved further, as the “active cases” dropped from 39,466 to 36,563.
Mumbai with 24,850 active cases stood second in the state, followed by Satara (21099), Kolhapur (18557), Thane (18,484), Sangli (12,511), Nagpur (11,252), Ahmednagar (10,803), Nashik (9634), Solapur (8751), Beed (7425), Amaravati (5110), Jalgaon (4764), and Aurangabad (4102).
Of the 3,50,55,054 samples sent to various laboratories across the state so far, 57,46,892 have tested positive (16.39 per cent) for COVID-19 until Monday.
Currently, 18,70,304 people are in home quarantine while 10,743 people are in institutional quarantine.