The Covid-19 crisis in Maharashtra deepened further on Friday, as the pandemic claimed a disturbing 773 lives and left 66,836 people infected in various parts of the state.
A day after it recorded 568 deaths for the second consecutive day, the daily Covid-19 toll shot up to 773, sending the health authorities into a state of acute anxiety. With 774 new deaths, the total number of deaths in the state climbed from 62,479 to 63,252. Similarly, with 66,836 fresh infections reported on Thursday, the total number of cases in the state increased from 40,94,840 to 41,61.676.
As 74,045 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 34,04.792. The recovery rate in the state for the first time in several days rose from 81.34 per cent to 81.81 per cent. The total “active cases” in the state dropped from 6,99,858 to 6,91,851. The fatality rate in the state dropped from 1./53 per cent to 1.52 per cent.
With 72 fresh deaths, the Covid-19 toll in Mumbai rose from 12,583 to 12,655, while the infected cases went up by 7199 to trigger a jump in the infections from 6,09,080 to 6,16,279.
While Pune accounted for a maximum 1,16,602 “active cases” in the state, Mumbai stood second with 81,174, followed by Thane (77,793), Nagpur (80862), Palghar (14720)Nashik (43848), Ahmednagar (20937), Latur (18055), Chandrapur (19814), Raigad ( 14021)Bhandara (12959),Aurangabad (13581), Satara (14,974), Jalgaon (14,036), Nanded (11585), Parbhani (9636), Solapur (14889), Beed (11,146), Gondia (11,223) and Nandurbar (6387).
Of the 2,51,73,595 samples sent to laboratories, 41, 61,676 have tested positive (16.53 per cent) for COVID-19 until Friday.
Currently, 41,88,266 people are in home quarantine while 29,378 people are in institutional quarantine.