At 4, Maharashtra reports lowest Covid-19 deaths after April 1, 2020

Maharashtra on Monday reported four fresh fatalities due to Covid19 the lowest oneday death count after April 1 2020 and 544 new cases pushing the toll to 141353 and the infection tally to 6650140 the state health department saidThe state has reported the lowest daily deaths after April 1 2020 when three patients had succumbed to the infection in what was the early phase of the pandemicGenerally the state reports fewer Covid19 cases on Mondays as compared to other days in view of a drop in the number of coronavirus tests carried out during the 24hour periodA health department official said Maharashtra is left with 7093 active Covid19 cases after 515 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours following recoveryThe number of recovered cases stood at 6498015Also read Covaxins shelf life extended to 12 months from date of manufactureMaharashtras Covid19 recovery rate now stands at 9771 per cent while the fatality rate is 212 per centCurrently as many as 81661 people are in home quarantine and another 877 in institutional quarantine in the state the department saidThe cumulative number of tests conducted in the state climbed to 67771676 with 87002 new tests the lowest in recent days in the last 24 hours the official saidA dozen districts and six municipal corporations did not report any new Covid19 casesAmong the 544 new infections Mumbai reported the highest at 191 followed by 50 in adjoining Thane district the department saidAmong the eight administrative regions of Maharashtra each consisting of a set of districts the Mumbai region reported the highest new cases at 298 followed by 106 in Pune and 90 in the Nashik regionAurangabad Kolhapur Latur Nagpur and Akola regions reported 15 13 10 eight and four new cases respectivelyThe Mumbai region reported two fatalities among the eight regions in the last 24 hours followed by one each in Pune and Kolhapur regions The remaining five regions logged zero fatalitiesThe official said Mumbai city witnessed 191 new Covid19 cases but zero deaths Similarly Pune city reported 34 new cases but no fresh fatalityOut of the 7093 active cases of coronavirus in the state 2061 are in Mumbai he saidAmong the 6498015 recovered cases across the state the highest 1142227 were from Pune district the official addedCoronavirus figures for Maharashtra are as follows Total cases 6650140 new cases 544 total deaths 141353 recoveries 6498015 active cases 7093 total tests67771676This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever