In an alarming development, Maharashtra recorded a staggering 48,270 Covid-19 cases on Friday, even as the pandemic cases dropped further to 5,008 from Thursday’s tally of 5708 cases the state recorded 144 Omicron cases.
A day after Maharashtra recorded 46,197 cases, the number of daily infections in the state went up by 2073 cases to touch a tally of 48,270 cases. With fresh infections, the total number of Covid-19 cases in the state went up from 73,71,757 cases to 73,71,757 cases.
The Covid-19 claimed 52 lives in the state on Friday, as against 37 deaths recorded on Thursday. With the latest deaths, the total number of deaths recorded in the state went up from 1,41,971 to 1,42,023 cases.
Mumbai, which has been witnessing a drop in the number of cases for the last few days, witnessed a drop in the fresh Covid-19 cases from 5,708 cases on Thursday to 5,008 cases on Friday. With the fresh cases recorded on Friday, the total Covid-19 cases rose from 10,23,707 cases to 10,28,715 cases.
As 42,391 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 69,67,432 to 70,09,823 cases. The recovery rate in the state dropped from 94.52 per cent to 94.47 per cent.
The number of “active cases” in the state increased from 2,58,569 cases to 2,64,388 cases. The fatality rate in the state dropped from 1.92 per cent to 1.91 per cent.
In a repeat of the happenings in the first and second pandemic waves, the active cases in Pune jumped a shocking 78,846 cases as against 73098 active cases that existed on Thursday.
In a big relief to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) which has been handling the Covid-19 effectively during the third wave of the pandemic, the active cases dropped significantly from 21,838 cases to 14,178 cases, while the active cases in the neighbouring Thane came down from 50456 to 46985 cases. Nagpur accounted for 18,679 cases.