On a day when the Covid-19 deaths plummeted to a single digit for the first time in more than eight months since the outbreak of the pandemic, the infections rose to 4,930 and the deaths climbed to 95 in Maharashtra.
A day after the infections dropped to 3,837 and the number of deaths came down marginally to 80 in the state, the infections went up by 1093 and deaths rose by 15 in the state on Tuesday.
With 4930 new infections, the total infected cases jumped from 18,23,3896 to 18,28,826 till date. Similarly, with 95 fresh deaths, the Covid-19 toll in Maharashtra climbed from 47,151 to 47,246 in the state.
In a development that brought cheers to the health authorities in the metropolis, the Covid-19 toil went up by mere 9 deaths for the first time since March 31 when 7 deaths had been recorded, to trigger a rise in the total deaths from 10,884 to 10,893.
However, the daily tally of new infections in Mumbai rose by 724, taking the infected cases from 283,467 to 284,191.
As 6290 more people were discharged from various hospitals the number of people discharged from the hospitals on Tuesday after full recovery since the second week of March this year went up to 16,91,412. The recovery rate in the state rose marginally from 92.39 per cent to 92.49 per cent.
Of the 95 deaths reported, Pune accounted for a maximum of 32 deaths followed by 11 deaths in Satara, 9 in Mumbai, ein Jalgaon, 5 in Thane, 4 each in Yavatmal and+ Chandrapur, 3 each in Nashik, Jalna, Akola and Nagpur, 2 each in Solapur, Latur and one death each in Palghar, Sangli, Osmanabad, Beed, Nanded. In addition, one outsider died in Maharashtra.