In marginal fluctuation in infections and fatalities, Maharashtra on Friday recorded 4,132 fresh infected cases and 127 deaths in various parts of the State.
That the Covid-19 situation is very much under control in the state could be gauged from the fact that a day after it logged 4496 infections and 122 deaths in the state, the infections dropped further by 336, while the deaths increased by five.
With 4132 fresh infections, the total infections in the state jumped from 17,36,329 to 17,40,461. Similarly, with 127 new deaths, the Covid-19 toll rose from 45,682 to 45,809.
As 4546 more people were discharged from various hospitals the number of people discharged from the hospitals after full recovery since the second week of March this year went up to 16,09,607.
The recovery rate in the state rose from 92. 44 per cent to 92.48 per cent.With 17 deaths, th4e Covid-19 in Mumbai climbed from 10,525 to 10,542, while the infected cases rose by 801 to trigger a jump in the total infections from 267,606 to 2,68,407.
Meanwhile, the number of “active cases” in the state came down one lakh mark as the total cases dropped from 84,627 to 84082.
The fatality rate in the state stood at 2.63 per cent.
Currently, 8,10,267 people are in home quarantine while 6,177 people are in institutional quarantine.
Pune district, which continued to be the worst-affected city-district in Maharashtra, saw the total number of cases increase from 3,40,607 to 3,41,056, while the total number of deaths in Pune increased from 7117 to 7131.
Thane district remained in the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – after the total number of infections rose from 2,29,669 to 2,30,262, while the pandemic toll climbed from 5349 to 5361.
Meanwhile, out of 97,22,961 samples sent to laboratories, 17,40,461 have tested positive (17.9 cent) for COVID-19 until Friday.