In the fresh incidence of pandemic cases in Maharashtra, the state health authorities recorded 26 more Covid-19 positive cases –25 in Mumbai and one in Pune – in the state on Wednesday, taking the total number of positive cases registered since January 2025 to 132.
There have been two Covid-related deaths since January this year. Both the deaths were reported from Mumbai and the deceased had comorbidities (simultaneous presence of two or more medical conditions in a person), according to a statement put out by the state Public Health Department.
Of the two deceased, one had a nephrotic syndrome (a kidney disorder where excessive protein is excreted in the urine, leading to low blood protein levels, swelling, and potentially high cholesterol) with hypocalcemia seizure, while the other was a cancer patient.
According to the statement, as many as 6,206 swab samples have been examined clinically for coronavirus since January, of which 132 tested positive for the infectious disease. Of them, Mumbai accounted for a maximum of 126 patients, while the remaining patients were from Pune, Thane, and Kolhapur.
“The rise in COVID-19 cases is not seen only in Maharashtra, but this trend is being witnessed in other states and even other countries as well,” the statement said.
It may be recalled that the first case of Covid-19 pandemic was reported from Maharashtra on March 9, 2020.
The largest number of Covid-19 cases (68,631) was recorded in the country on April 18, 2021.
Maharashtra was a hotspot that accounted for nearly 22.35 per cent of the total cases in the country and it accounted for 30.55 per cent of all deaths.
As of 10 May 2021, Maharashtra’s ase fatality rate was nearly 1.49 per cent. Pune was the worst-affected city in Maharashtra, with a staggering 930,809 cases recorded as on May 10 2021.
About half of the cases in the state emerged from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). The total number of cases in Maharashtra reported till May 2022, was 78,87,086, involving 1,47,860 deaths and 77,35,751 recoveries.