There was palpable shock and anxiety in the health circles of Maharashtra on Saturday, as the daily infections shot up to a highest ever tally of 27,126, surpassing 25,000-plus daily cases recorded in the state for the two consecutive days.
After the state recorded 25,883 and 25,681 fresh infections on Thursday and Friday respectively --- more than the previous single-day peak of 24,886 registered on September 11 last year, Maharashtra recorded 27,126 fresh cases, while 92 more people succumbed to the pandemic in various parts of the state.With fresh cases reported on Saturday, the total infections in the state climbed from 24,22,021 to 2,44,147. Similarly, with 92 new deaths the Covid-19 toll in the state went up from 53,208 to 53,300.
As 13,588 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 went up to 22,03,553. The recovery rate in the state dropped marginally from 90.42 per cent to 89.07 per cent.
With seven fresh deaths, the Covid-19 toll in Mumbai rose from 11,569 to 11,576 cases, while the infected cases went up by 2982 to trigger a jump in the infections from 3,55,914 to 3,58,896. Meanwhile, the number of “active cases” total cases in the state went up from 1,77,560 to 1,91,006. The fatality rate in the state dropped from 2.22 per cent to 2.18 per cent.There are a maximum of 38,803 “active” cases in Pune, followed by Nagpur (28,423), Mumbai (20019), Thane (18,088), Nashik (13223), Aurangabad (13007), Jalgaon (5079), Amaravati (3530) and Akola (4585).
Pune district, which continued to be the worst-affected city-district in Maharashtra, saw the total number of cases increase from 460114 to 3,65,705, while the total number of deaths in Pune stood static from 8167 to 8170.
Thane district remained in the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – after the total number of infections rose from 301386 to 3,03,465 while the total deaths climbed from 5890 to 5891.