Nagpur suddenly made its presence felt in the Covid-19 map of Maharashtra on Monday, as the orange city registered 50 deaths on a single day, while the State logged 266 pandemic deaths and 8968 infections.
Nagpur, which had recorded relatively low 77 fatalities and 5432 infections till Sunday, sprang unpleasant surprise on Monday, as many as 50 succumbed to Covid-19 on a single day and 284 others tested positive for the pandemic. taking the total deaths to 127 and total infected cases to 5716.
With fresh 266 deaths and 8968 infections, the total number of deaths in the state mounted to 15,842, while the total positive cases crossed the 4.50 lakh mark to touch 4,50,196.
Of the total 266 deaths reported from various parts of the state, Pune recorded the highest 60 deaths, followed by 50 deaths in Nagpur and 46 deaths in Mumbai.
The deaths in Mumbai fell below 50-mark for the fourth time in a week. With 49 new deaths, the pandemic toll in the city rose from 6447 to 6493, while the number of infected cases went up by 970 to touch 1,17,406.
Apart from 60 deaths in Pune, 50 deaths in Nagpur and 46 deaths in Mumbai, there were 29 deaths in Thane, 9 each in Kolhapur and Sangli, 7 in Latur, 6 each in Nashik and Jalgaon, 5 each in Raigad, Solapur and Nanded, 4 in Nandurbar, 3 each in Palghar and Aurangabad, 2 each in Ahmednagar, Ratnagiri, Akola, Yavatmal and Amravati and one each in Dhule, Satara, Jalna, Osmanabad, Beed, Washim, besides 3 from other states.
In a related development, as many as 10221 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 2,87,030. The recovery rate rose to 63,76 per cent.
The mortality rate in the state is 3.52 per cent. The state health authorities pegged the number of “active cases” in the state at 1,47,018.
With 97,343 infected cases and 2703 deaths, Thane continued to be the second-worst hit district in Maharashtra.
Pune, which has emerged as the third worst-affected district in terms of spread of the pandemic, has recorded 96,669 infections and 2286 deaths till now.
Out of 22,98,723 samples sent to laboratories, 4,50,196 have tested positive (19.58 per cent) for COVID-19 until Sunday.
Currently, 9,40,486 people are in home quarantine while 37,009 people are in institutional quarantine.