In a spike witnessed in the number of deaths and infections after a gap of two days, Maharashtra on Wednesday logged 65 deaths and 6159 new infected cases.
A day after Covid-19 deaths remained static at 30 for the second consecutive and the infections rose to 5439 in the state, the number of deaths more than doubled and infections rose by 720 to touch a figure of 6159.
With 65 fresh deaths, the Covid-19 toll in Maharashtra climbed from 46,683 to 46,748. Similarly, with 6159 fresh infections, the total infected cases jumped from 17,89,800 to 17,95,959.
As 4844 more people were discharged from various hospitals the number of people discharged from the hospitals on Wednesday after full recovery since the second week of March this year went up to 16,63,723. The recovery rate in the state dropped marginally from 92.69 per cent to 92.64 per cent.
Of the 65 deaths reported on Wednesday, Mumbai accounted for a maximum of 17 deaths, followed by 11 deaths in Satara, 8 in Nagpur, 6 in Pune, 4 in Beed, 3 in Raigad, 2 each in Thane, Jalgaon, Solapur, Jalna and Yavatmal and one death each in Nashik, Dhule, Sangli, Sindhudurg and Gondia. In addition, one person from outside the state died in Maharashtra.
With 17 fresh deaths, the Covid-19 toll in Mumbai rose from 10,708 to 10,725, while the infected cases went up by 1,144 to trigger a jump in the total infections in the city from 277,453 to 278,597.
Meanwhile, the number of “active cases” total cases in the state went up from 83,221 to 84,464. The fatality rate in the state dropped from 2.61 per cent to 2.60 per cent.
Pune district, which continued to be the worst-affected city-district in Maharashtra, saw the total number of cases increase from 3,47,789 to 3,48,814, while the total number of deaths in Pune increased from 7298 to 7304.
Thane district remained in the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – after the total number of infections rose from 2,36,390 to 2,37,180 while the total deaths mounted from 5437 to 5439.
Of the 1,04,56,962 samples sent to laboratories, 17,95,959 have tested positive (17.17 per cent) for COVID-19 until Wednesday.
Currently, 5,29,344 people are in home quarantine while 6980 people are in institutional quarantine.