Covid-19: Maharashtra reports 8,159 new cases, 165 deaths, 7,839 recoveries

Maharashtra reported 8159 new Covid19 cases and 165 fresh fatalities taking the infection tally to 6237755 and the death toll to 130918 a health department official saidThe official said as many as 7839 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours pushing the number of recovered cases to 6008750 The state has 94745 Covid19 patients under treatment he saidMaharashtras Covid19 recovery rate is 9633 per cent while the fatality rate is 209 per cent the official said Nandurbar district once among the worst affected did not record any new coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours he said According to the official Mumbai recorded 430 new Covid19 cases taking the tally to 732582 while the death toll increased to 15800 with the addition of 13 fresh fatalities A total of 1451 new Covid19 cases and 23 fatalities were reported in the wider Mumbai region which comprises the city and its satellite towns taking the tally to 1630005 and the death toll to 33890The official said 368 people tested positive in Pune municipal limits raising the tally to 501285 while the death toll jumped to 8846 after 14 fresh fatalities were reported in the city The wider Pune region reported 2843 new Covid19 cases and 38 fatalities taking the infection tally to 1472164 and the death toll to 28174 he said According to the official the Kolhapur region reported 2585 new Covid19 cases while Nashik Latur Nagpur Akola and Aurangabad regions witnessed 724 358 47 43 and 108 new infections respectivelyAlso Read Mumbai Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospitalrsquos study shows lungs improve in 3 months post Covid19Among the 165 fresh deaths in the eight administrative regions in Maharashtra the Kolhapur region reported the highest at 63 in the last 24 hours he said According to the official out of 46068435 Covid19 tests done so far 222270 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours The official said currently 551521 people are in home quarantine and 3795 are in institutional quarantine across the state Among the 94745 active cases the highest 15566 are in Pune district followed by Thane and Sangli at 12087 and 10674 respectivelyAccording to the health department of the total 6008750 recovered patients the highest 1044813 were from Pune district followed by Mumbai and Thane at 703948 and 566343 respectively Coronavirus figures for Maharashtra are as follows Total cases 6237755 new cases 8159 total deaths 130918 total recoveries 6008750 active cases 94745 tests conducted so far 46068435This 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