Maharashtra witnessed an increase of 954 Covid-19 infections during the last 24 hours, even as a total of 34 omicron cases were recorded in various parts of the state on Tuesday.
With no let up in the pandemic situation in the State, the daily Covid-19 cases rose from 33,470 on Monday to 34,424 cases on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases recorded from 69,53,514 cases to 69,87,938 cases. As many as 22 Covid-19 deaths were reported from various parts of the State.
Mumbai witnessed a drop of 2001 daily cases -- from 13,648 on Monday to 11,647 cases on Tuesday. With Tuesday's fresh cases, the total Covid-19 cases in Mumbai rose from 9,28, 220 to 9,39, 867.
The State recorded 34 cases of Omicron, taking the total number of new Covid-19 variant cases to 1281 cases. All the 34 cases were reported by BJ Medical College.
As 18,967 Covid-19 patients were discharged from the hospitals across the state after full recovery, the total number of people discharged from the hospitals since the second week of March 2020 increased from 66,02,103 to 66,21,070. The recovery rate in the state dropped from 94.95 per cent to 94.75 per cent.
The number of “active cases” in the state increased from 2,06,046 to 2,221,477. The fatality rate in the state dropped from 2.03 per cent to 2.02 per cent.
Of the total recorded cases, Mumbai accounts for a maximum of 1,00.523 active cases, while there are 52,031 active cases in Thane. There are 28,201 active cases in Pune, followed by Raigad (9174), Palghar (8047), Nashik (5344), Nagpur (4147), Satara (1731), Ahmednagar (1685) and Aurangabad (1141)
Of the 7,0928,954 samples sent to various laboratories across the state so far, 69,87,938 have tested positive (9.85 per cent) for COVID-19 until Tuesday.
Currently, 14,64,987 people are in home quarantine while 3032 people are in institutional quarantine.
Meanwhile, the following is the break-up of a total 1281 Omicron cases recorded in the state so far, Mumbai: 606, PMC-276, Pimpri-Chinchwad—69, Sangli –59, Nagpur -51, Thane –48,, Pune rural --40, Kolhapur and Panvel -18 each, Osmanabad –11, Navi Mumbai and Satara –10 Covid each, Amarvati –9, Kalyan Dombivli —7, Buldhana and Vasai-Virar- 6 each, Bhiwandi-Nizampur and Akola-5 each, Nanded, Ulhasnagar, Aurangabad, Mira-Bhayandar and Gondia –3 each, Ahmednagar, Gadchiroli, Latur, Nandurbar and Solapur—2 each and Jalna and Raigad—one each.
Of the total cases 499 patients have been discharged after a negative RT–PCR test.
In a related development, the authorities said the total number of passengers who arrived at Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur airports since December 1 was 2,63,562 (39,111 from At-risk countries and rest 224451 are from other countries), while passengers whose RT-PC tests have been done are 76995 (39,111 are from high-risk countries and 37,884 are from other countries).
Similarly, RT-PCR positive and samples sent for genomic sequencing was 1037 (484 are from at-risk countries and 553 are from other countries).
Additionally, field surveillance of all international passengers who have arrived since 1st November is underway.
“Through airport and field surveillance, 4,092 samples have been sent for genomic sequencing. The results of 80 are awaited so far,” the daily health bulletin said.