COVID-19: Maharashtra's cases increase by over 12,000 in 24 hours

After witnessing a dip in the daily COVID19 numbers for a day and recording about 27000 cases infections in the state shot up by almost 12000 on Wednesday with Maharashtra recording 39544 cases The city also witnessed an increase in the numbers and recorded more than 5000 cases again The total tally of the state has reached 2812 lakhThe number of deaths has also been on the rise since the last couple of days and Wednesday saw the highest number of fatalities in over five to six months at 227 The total number of deaths across the state has reached 54649 On Wednesday Mumbai reported 5399 new cases Meanwhile the Mumbai Metropolitan Region MMR recorded 9941 cases The Thane Municipal Corporation area Navi Mumbai and KalyanDombivli Corporation area recorded 1039 619 and 913 cases respectively in the MMRThe statersquos recovery rate now stands at 8534 per cent with 23600 patients discharged on Wednesday Maharashtra has a total of 356243 active cases Meanwhile a total of 197 crore laboratory samples have been collected across the state till date since March last year Out of these 2812 lakh have tested positive with a positivity rate of 1421 per cent Mumbairsquos recovery rate too has dropped and stands at 85 per cent while the doubling rate has dropped owing to increase in cases and now stands at 49 days Whereas the cityrsquos overall growth rate has increased over the past one week and currently stands at 137 per cent The total number of positive cases recorded so far is 4147 lakh while the number of tests carried out is 4083 lakh The active cases in the city now stand at 51411Antigen tests being conducted at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus on Wednesday PicSayyed Sameer AbediThe statersquos mortality rate is steady at around 194 per cent despite the increase in number of deaths Till date there have been 54649 COVIDrelated deaths across the state The number of deaths due to other causes in the state is 1361 According to the state governmentrsquos data there were 227 COVIDrelated deaths in the state on Wednesday and the highest number of deaths was recorded in Nagpur city 31 MMR recorded a total of 33 deaths including the 15 in Mumbai Civic officials said out of the 15 deaths 14 patients were suffering from other ailments and 12 were senior citizens2812980Tal No of cases in Maharashtra9941Total no of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours15No of deaths in city on Wednesday 14 patients were suffering from other ailments and 12 were senior citizens3130Patients recovered and discharged in city on Wednesday1002005Total no of people administered the first vaccine dose150969No of people who have taken their second vaccine dose so far25215No of people who took their first vaccine dose on wednesday3206No of people who took their second vaccine dose on wednesday5399Total no of fresh cases the city recorded227Total no of deaths recorded in the state over the past 24 hours