Maharashtra on Wednesday witnessed a spike in both Covid-19 triggered fatalities and infections, as 479 more people succumbed to the pandemic and 21,079 others tested positive for Coronavirus in various parts of the state.
With an alarming 479 deaths – lower than the highest tally of 515 deaths witnessed on September 15, the total number of deaths rose from 33,407 to 33,886.
Similarly, with 21,079 fresh cases, the total number of infections increased from 12,42,770 to 12,63,799.
Of the total 479 deaths reported on Wednesday, Kolhapur accounted for a maximum of 63 deaths, followed 61 deaths in Pune, 58 in Nagpur, 49 in Mumbai, 39 in Thane, 36 in Sangli, 30 in Raigad, 28 in Satara, 16 in Ahmednagar, 14 in Solapur and 13 each in Nashik and Parbhani
In the lower range, there were 8 fatalities in Nanded, 7 each in Palghar, Osmanabad, Amravati and Wardha, 5 in Jalgaon, 4 in Gondia, 2 each in Ratnagiri, Aurangabad, Latur, Beed and Bhandara and one death each in Dhule, Jalna, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli
With 49 deaths, the Covid-19 toll in Mumbai rose from 8,555 to 8,604 while the infected cases shot up by 2,360 to trigger a jump in the total infections from 187,904 to 190,264
Meanwhile, for the fifth consecutive day, the state recovery rate rose from 75.36 per cent to 75.65 per cent
A day after Maharashtra posted 20,206 recoveries, 21,029 more people were discharged from the various hospitals. With Wednesday’s development, the total number of patients discharged from various hospitals after full recovery since the second week of March this year touched a final tally of 9,56,030. The mortality rate in the state stood at 2.69 per cent. The number of “active cases” in the state went up from Tuesday’s figure of 2,72,410 to 2,73,477.
Pune district with 2,70,866 infected cases continued to be the worst-affected city-district in Maharashtra. The number of deaths in Pune increased from 5368 to 5429.
Thane district remained on the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – with 1,75,733 total cases, while the pandemic toll rose from 4585 to 4624.
Out of 61,06,787 samples sent to laboratories, 12,63, 799 have tested positive (20.69 per cent) for COVID-19 until Wednesday.
Currently, 18,75,424 people are in home quarantine while 34,457 people are in institutional quarantine.