The health authorities in Maharashtra went into a tizzy on Wednesday, as Covid-19 claimed a record 334 lives, while a staggering 10,309 people tested positive for Coronavirus in various parts of the state.
Shockingly enough, the daily death tally has either touched or crossed 300-mark on three occasions during the last one week. Earlier, there were 322 deaths on August 1, the state recorded 300 deaths on Tuesday.
With the fresh 334 deaths and 10309 infections, the total number of deaths in the state mounted to 16,476, while the total number of infected cases jumped to 4,68,265.
Of the total deaths reported on Wednesday, Pune accounted for a highest count of 92 deaths, while there were 69 deaths in Thane and 42 deaths in Mumbai.
Apart from the 92 deaths in Phne, 69 in Thane and 42 in Mumbai, there were 36 deaths in Raigad, 12 in Kolhapur, 10 in Nashik, 9 in Solapur, 8 in Palghar, 7 each in Sangli and Nagpur, 5 each in Aurangabad and Nanded, 4 each in Jalgaon and Nandurbar, 3 each in Ahmednagar, Satara, Latur, Osmanabad and Wardha, 2 each in Dhule, Ratnagiri and Beed and 1 each in Jalna, Amravati. In addition, one from another state died in Maharashtra..
With 42 fresh deaths, the pandemic toll in the city rose from 6549 to 6591, while the number of infected cases went up by 1125 to touch 1,19,240.
In a related development, the total number of people discharged from various hospitals crossed 3 lakh mark.
On a day when 6,165 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 3,05,521. The recovery rate rose to 65.25 per cent. The mortality rate in the state is 3.52 per cent. The state health authorities pegged the number of “active cases” in the state at 1,45,961.
Pune, which has emerged as the second worst-affected district in terms of spread of the pandemic, has recorded 1,01,262 infections and 2494 deaths till now.