In a clear indication of somewhat flattened Covid-19 curve in Maharashtra, the number of daily infections dropped to 5,369 on Sunday, while as many as 113 people succumbed to the pandemic in various parts of the state.
A day after the Covid-19 daily death tally plummeted to 74 and infections dropped to 5,548 in Maharashtra, the state witnessed minor fluctuations on Sunday, as the infected cases went down to 5,369 and the deaths increased a relatively low figure of 113.
With 113 fresh deaths, the total number of deaths in the state rose from 43,911 to 44,024. Similarly with 5369 fresh infections, the total infected cases jumped from 16,78,406 to 16,83,775.
As 3726 more people were discharged from various hospitals in the state, the number of people discharged from various hospitals after full recovery since the second week of March this year went up to 15,14,079. The recovery rate in the state dropped marginally from 89.99 per cent to 89.92 per cent.
With 25 deaths, the Covid-19 toll in Mumbai rose from 10,293 to 10,318 while the infected cases shot up by 1008 to trigger a jump in the infections from 2,57,497 to 2,58,405.
Meanwhile, the mortality rate in the state stood at 2.61 per cent. The number of “active cases” in the state increased from 1,23,585 to 1,25,109.
Pune district, which continued to be the worst-affected city-district in Maharashtra, saw the total number of cases increase from 3,33,962 to 3,34,719 while the total number of deaths in Pune increased from 6678 to 6703.
Thane district remained in the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – after the total number of infections rose from 2,23,197 to 2,23,802 while the pandemic toll climbed from 5,337 to 5345.
Out of 90,24,871 samples sent to laboratories, 16,83,775 have tested positive (18.66 per cent) for COVID-19 until Sunday. Currently, 25,44,799 people are in home quarantine while 12,230 people are in institutional quarantine.