The total number of Covid-19 positive patients crossed a milestone of 65 lakh in Maharashtra on Monday, while the total number of pandemic deaths touched 1,38,169 in the State.
On a day when 2,740 more people tested positive for the Covid-19, the total infections -- with 2,740 new cases – went up from 6,49,78,77 to 65,00,617.
With 27 fresh deaths reported on Monday, the total number of deaths in the state increased from 1,38,142 to 1,38,169.
The daily pandemic fatalities remained below the 50 mark for the fourth consecutive day. After it logged 44, 35 deaths and 46 deaths on Friday, Saturday and Sunday respectively, Maharashtra recorded 27 deaths on Monday.
Similarly after recording 4,174, 4,219, 4,154, 3,075 and 2,740 infections on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday respectively, the state logged 2,740 new cases on Monday.
There has been a near consistent drop in the number of daily deaths during the past days. After the daily deaths dropped to 52 on August 30 (Monday), the daily fatalities remained below 100 mark for five more days during the last eight days –55 deaths on September 2, 92 deaths on September 3, 64 deaths on September 4, 67 deaths on September 5, 37 deaths on September 6, 86 deaths on September 7, 65 deaths on September 8, 55 deaths on September 9, 44 deaths on September 10, 35 deaths on September 11, 46 deaths on September 12 and 27 deaths on September 13.
As many as 3,233 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 last year increased from 63,05,788 to 63,09,021. The recovery rate in the state stood static at 97.05 per cent.