Maharashtra witnessed another major spike in Covid-19 infections on Thursday, as an highest-ever 14,492 people tested positive for the pandemic, while 326 more people succumbed to the Coronavirus in various parts of the state.
A day after it logged the then all-time high of 13,165 infections, Maharashtra saw the infected cases increase by 1227 cases to take the daily to 14,492.
With fresh infections, the total number of infected cases in the State jumped to 6.43,289.With 326 fresh fatalities, the total number deaths in Maharashtra mounted to 21,359. Pune with 1,41,056 fresh cases continued to race ahead of Mumbai with 1,32,822 in terms of the total infections.
Of the 326 deaths reported on Thursday, Pune once again topped the list with 95 deaths, while there were 46 deaths in Mumbai for the second day, 25 in Thane, 22 in Kolhapur and 21 in Nagpur.
In addition, there were 20 deaths in Jalgaon, 17 in Ahmednagar, 15 in Sangli, 10 in Nashik, in the middle range.
Similarly, on the lower side, there were 9 deaths in Satara, 6 each in Palghar and Raigad, 5 in Ratnagiri, 4 each in Dhule, Aurangabad, Parbhani, Osmanabad and Akola, 3 in Solapur, 2 in Latur and one death each in Nandurbar, Washim, Gondiya and Chandrapur.
At 46 deaths, Mumbai’s daily fatality tally continued to below 50 fatality-mark. The total number of deaths in the metropolis rose from 7268 to 7314, while the total number of infected cases increased by 1275 to touch 1,32,822.
In a related development, as many as 12,243 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 4,59,124. The recovery rate stood at 71.37 per cent. The mortality rate in the state is 3.32 per cent. The state health authorities pegged the number of “active cases” in the state at 1,62,491..
Out of 34,14,809 samples sent to laboratories, 6,43,289 have tested positive (18.84 per cent) for COVID-19 until Thursday.
Currently, 11,76,261 people are in home quarantine while 37,639 people are in institutional quarantine.