In a clear pointer to the fact that it is still not out of the woods in terms of the continued spread of Covid-19, Maharashtra on Friday witnessed 14,361 infections, while 331 more people succumbed to the pandemic in various parts of the state.
With fresh infections and fatalities, the total number of infected cases in the state jumped to 7,47,995, while the number of deaths mounted to 23,775.
Of the 331 fatalities reported on Friday, Pune topped the list with 58 deaths, while there were 32 deaths in Thane, 30 in Mumbai, 29 in Nashik, 24 in Sangli, 22 in Kolhapur, 21 in Nagpur, 13 in Jalgaon and 12 in Aurangabad.
In addition, there were 9 deaths each in Dhule, Solapur and Satara, 8 each in Latur and Amravati, 6 each in Palghar and Raigad, 5 in Beed, 4 each in Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri and Parbhani, 3 each in Ahmednagar, Nandurbar and Hingoli, 2 each in Osmanabad, Yavatmal and Washim and one death each in Jalna, Nanded and Buldhana.
There was a spurt in number of deaths in Nashik, Sangli and Kolhapur districts, while six districts in the state reported zero deaths.
The number of deaths is dropping steadily in Mumbai. After it recorded 20, 22 and 30 deaths respectively on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday respectively, Mumbai witnessed 30 fresh deaths, tasking the toll in the metropolis increased from 7,535 to 7,565 while the number of infected cases increased by 1,217 to touch 142,108.
Pune district with 1,65,592 infected cases continued to be the worst-affected city in Maharashtra. The number of deaths in Pune increased from 3,916 to 3974.
Thane district remained on the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – with 128,685 total cases, while the pandemic toll rose from 3,677 to 3709.
In a related development, as many as 11,607 patients were discharged from hospitals in the state after full recovery, taking the total number of patients discharged from various hospitals after full recovery since the second week of March this year to 5,43,170. The recovery rate stood at 72.62 per cent. The mortality rate in the state is 3.18 per cent. The state health authorities pegged the number of “active cases” in the state at 1,80,718.
Out of 39,32,522 samples sent to laboratories, 7,47,995 have tested positive (19.02 per cent) for COVID-19 until Friday.
Currently, 13,01,346 people are in home quarantine while 34,908 people are in institutional quarantine.