In a marginal increase in the Covid-19 infections and fatalities, Maharashtra on Friday recorded 5229 new infected cases and 127 deaths in the state.
A day after the state logged 115 deaths and 5,182 fresh infections, the deaths went up by 12 to touch a tally of 127 while the infections rose by 47 taking the infected cases to 5229.
With 5229 fresh infections, the total infections in the state climbed from 18,37,358 to 18,42,587. Similarly, with new 127 deaths, the Covid-19 toll rose from 47,472 to 47,599.
As 6,776 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 this year rose to 17,10,050. The recovery rate in the state rose marginally from 92.7 per cent to 92.81 per cent.
Of the 127 deaths, Pune accounted for a maximum of 25 deaths, followed 16 in Ahmednagar, 14 in Mumbai, 9 in Nagpur, 8 each in Thane, Sangli and Osmanabad, 5 in Aurangabad, 4 each in Satara and Bhandara, 3 each in Nashik, Solapur, Jalna, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli, 2 each in Parbhani, Latur and one death each in Raigad, Ratnagiri, Hingoli, Akola, Amravati, Yavatmal, and Buldhana.
With 14 fresh deaths, the Covid-19 toll went up in Mumbai from 10,931 to 10,945, while the infected cases rose by 813 to trigger a rise in the total infections from 283,696 to 284,509.
Meanwhile, the number of “active cases” total cases in the state dropped from 85,535 to 83,859. The fatality rate in the state stood at 2.58 per cent.
Pune district, which continued to be the worst-affected city-district in Maharashtra, saw the total number of cases increase from 3,55,698 to 3,56,501 while the total number of deaths in Pune increased from 7507 to 7532.
Thane district remained in the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – after the total number of infections rose from 2,42,509 to 2,43,147, while the total deaths climbed from 5334 to 5342.
Of the 1,11,32,231 samples sent to laboratories, 18,42,587 have tested positive (16.55 per cent) for COVID-19 until Friday. Currently, 5,47,504 people are in home quarantine while 5567 people are in institutional quarantine.