The daily Covid-19 deaths dropped below three digits for the fourth day in a week in Maharashtra on Saturday, as the fatalities went down to 64 in the State.
On a day when the daily infections dipped to 4,130 as against 4,313 cases recorded on Friday, the daily deaths dropped from 92 on Friday to 64 on Saturday.
The somewhat consistent drop in the number of daily deaths during the current week has come as a relief to the health authorities. ‘
After the daily deaths dropped to 52 on August 30 (Monday), the daily fatalities remained below 100 mark for three more days during the week –55 deaths on September 2, 92 deaths on September 3 and 64 deaths on September 4.
However, in between on Augfust 31 and September 1, there were 104 and 183 deaths respectively in the state.
With 64 fresh deaths reported on Monday, the total number of deaths in the state increased from 1,37,643 to 1,37,707, while the total infections -- with 4,130 new cases – went up from 64,77,987 to 64,82,117.
As 2,506 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 62,86,345 to 62,88,851. The recovery rate in the state dropped from 97.04 per cent to 97.02 per cent.
The total “active cases” in the state increased from 50,466 to 52,025. The fatality rate in the State stood static at 2.12 per cent.
Pune with 15469 active cases emerged as the first in the state in terms of maximum number of “active cases” in the State, while Thane with 7,171 cases stood second in the state, followed by Satara (6,175), Ahmednagar (5,051), Mumbai (4031), Sangli (3,537) and Solapur (2,689).
Of the 5,46,60,825 samples sent to various laboratories across the state so far, 64,82,117 have tested positive (11.86 per cent) for Covid-19 until Saturday.
Currently, 3,02,196 people are in home quarantine while 2,013 people are in institutional quarantine.