Maharashtra daily Covid cases down but death count rises

Maharashtra on Saturday recorded 11,394 new Covid-19 cases and 68 deaths due to the deadly virus. Maharashtra daily Covid cases down but death count rises. Today’s Covid tally has seen a decline of 2,446 than yesterday. Less than half (28) of the total deaths in Maharashtra were reported from the Pune circle.

On Friday, the daily number of cases had fallen by 1,412 from Thursday’s total count of 15,252. The latest Covid tally has pushed the total COVIID-19 cases in Maharashtra to 77,94,034, while the death toll stands at 1,43,008. The state health bulletin said 21,677 recoveries and 1,33,655 active Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra.

With the latest additions, the tally of COVIID-19 cases in Maharashtra rose to 77,94,034. The latest death toll stands at 1,43,008, the department said in a report. A total of 21,677 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours in Maharashtra, taking the tally of recoveries to 75,13,436, leaving the state with 1,33,655 active cases.

No fresh infection of the Omicron variant was reported in Maharas Pune city reported 1,494 cases, the highest by any city in Maharashtra, followed by Nagpur (764), Pimpri-Chinchwad (778) and Mumbai (643), it said. Of the eight administrative circles (each consisting of multiple districts), the Pune circle recorded 3,553 cases, followed by Nagpur (2,008), Mumbai (1,376), Nashik (1,887), Akola (898), Aurangabad (679), Latur (460) and Kolhapur (533).

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Of the 68 fatalities, the Pune circle recorded (28), Mumbai (14), Kolhapur (nine), Nashik and Latur (seven each), Aurangabad (two) and Nagpur (one). No death is reported in the Akola circle in the past 24 hours, the department said. Maharashtra’s case recovery rate now stands at 96.4 per cent. The fatality rate is 1.83 per cent.

With 1,55,166 new tests, the total number of samples tested so far in Maharashtra went up to 7,54,10,043, as per the department. Currently, 7,95,422 people are in home isolation and 2,447 people are in institutional quarantine in Maharashtra, Coronavirus figures of Maharashtra are as follows: Total cases: 77,94,034; fresh cases: 11,394; total fatalities: 1,43,008; active cases: 1,33,655; total tests 7,54,10,043.