In a major spike in the number of Covid-19 infections in Maharashtra, an all-time daily high of 11,514 people tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, while 316 people succumbed to the pandemic in various parts of the State.
Surpassing the earlier record daily tally of 11,147 infections reported on July 30, the State witnessed a new high of 11,514 infections, taking the total number infected cases to a staggering 4,79,779.
Breaching the 300 fatality mark on the fourth consecutive day in week, Maharashtra recorded 316 deaths on Thursday. Earlier, there were 322 deaths on August 1, the state recorded 300 deaths on August 4 and 334 on August 5.
With the 316 fresh deaths, the total number of deaths in the state mounted to 16,792.
Of the total reported on Thursday, Pune accounted for the highest 62 deaths, followed by 57 deaths in Mumbai and 56 deaths in Thane.
Apart from 62 deaths in Pune, 57 in Mumbai and 56 in Thane, there were 18 deaths in Nagpur, 15 in Solapur, 13 each in Nashik, Jalgaon and Kolhapur, 10 in Palghar, 7 each in Aurangabad, Parbhani and Amravati, 6 in Latur, 5 each in Raigad, Ahmednagar, Sangli and Nanded, 3 in Buldhana, 2 each in Dhule, Satara and Yavatmal and one death each in Nandurbar, Ratnagiri and Akola.
With 57 deaths, the Covid-19 toll in the city rose from 6591 to 6648, while the number of infected cases went up by 910 to touch 1,20,150.
On a day when 10854 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 3,16,375.. The recovery rate rose to 65.94 per cent. The mortality rate in the state is 3.50 per cent. The State health authorities pegged the number of “active cases” in the state at 1,46,305.
Pune, which has emerged as the second worst-affected district in terms of spread of the pandemic, has recorded 1,04,353 infections and 2496 deaths till now.
With 1,00,875 infected cases and 2,823 deaths, Thane continued to be the second-worst hit district in Maharashtra.
Out of 24,87, 990 samples sent to laboratories, 4,79,779 have tested positive (19.23 per cent) for COVID-19 until Thursday.
Currently, 9,76,332 people are in home quarantine while 37,768 people are in institutional quarantine.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari e-inaugurated a new Covid-19 testing lab at Bhaktivedanta Hospital in Mira Road, one of the Corona hotspots, in the presence of the hospital Chairman Hrishikesh Mafatlal, Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporation Mayor Jyotsana Hasnale and MLA Gita Jain.