Maharashtra logs 44,388 Covid-19 cases, 12 fatalities; 207 Omicron infections

Maharashtra on Sunday reported 44388 new Covid19 cases and 12 fatalities taking the tally of infections to 6920044 and the death toll to 141639 the state health department saidA day earlier the state had reported 41434 coronavirus cases and 13 deaths With 15351 patients discharged on Sunday the number of recoveries rose to 6572432 in Maharashtra which is now left with 202259 active cases the department said in a statementThe state added 207 fresh cases with the Omicron variant of coronavirus taking the number of such patients to 1216 The case recovery rate in Maharashtra now stands at 9498 per cent and the fatality rate is 204 per cent the department said Mumbai reported 19474 fresh cases and seven Covid19 fatalities raising the tally of infections to 912522 and the death toll to 16406As cases continued to spike in Maharashtra state health minister Rajesh Tope said on Sunday that the state government will gradually bring curbs at places of worship and other sites including liquor vends that attract crowds to control the coronavirus pandemic He told reporters that the medical oxygen demand in Maharashtra for Covid19 and other patients went up from 270 metric tonnes to 350 metric tonnes recently though this is just a fraction of the 17002000 MT required when the pandemic was peaking during earlier periods The state government has already decided to prohibit movement in public in groups of five or more from 5 in the morning to 11 at night effective January 10 midnightBesides no movement will be allowed in public from 11 pm to 5 am except for essential services On Sunday the Mumbai division reported 33299 cases and nine deaths The number of the total cases in this region now stands at 1938027 and the death toll at 36165 the department said The Nashik division reported 1497 cases including 799 in Nashik city The Pune division added 6933 cases including 4065 in Pune cityThe Kolhapur division saw 575 fresh cases the Aurangabad division 321 Latur division 355 Akola division 249 Nagpur division 1159 including 757 in Nagpur city Mumbai division reported nine Covid19 fatalities the Pune division 2 and the Latur division 1With 202932 new tests the cumulative number of samples tested so far in Maharashtra went up to 70545105 the department said The Covid19 figures in Maharashtra are Positive cases 44388 deaths 141639 recoveries 6572432 active 202259 total tests 70545105 tests today 202932This 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