Maharashtra’s COVID-19 numbers exceed 47,000

The number of COVID19 positive persons again rose on Friday in the state with 47827 new cases taking the total tally of Maharashtra to 2904 lakh cases The number of deaths has also been increasing as COVIDrelated deaths recorded in the state were 202 on Friday taking the total to 55379 in all The city saw a rise with over 8000 cases again and 20 deathsThe city reported 8844 new cases The MMR crossed the 15k mark with a single day record of 15321 The Thane Municipal Corporation Navi Mumbai and Kalyan Dombivali Corporation recorded a spike in positive cases with 1411 1059 and 1174 respectively in the Mumbai Metropolitan RegionThe statersquos recovery rate now stands at 8462 per cent with 24126 patients discharged The total number of active COVID patients in the state is currently 389832 The state saw 201 crore laboratory samples collected till date since March 2020 and out of these 2904 lakh have tested positive with 1441 per cent positivity ratioMumbairsquos recovery rate stands at 84 per cent while the doubling rate has dropped due to increase in cases and now stands at 46 days The cityrsquos overall growth rate has increased rapidly in the last one week and currently stands at 146 per cent The total count of positive cases recorded so far now stands at 4321 lakh The number of tests carried out so far is 4174 lakh The active cases now stand at 58455 in the cityA person being tested at Dadar station on Friday PicAshish RajeThe mortality rate of the state is steady at around 191 per cent The number of deaths due to other causes in the state was 1371 These deaths are the cases where patients were positive and tested negative but later died due to other complicationsAccording to the state governmentrsquos data the highest number of deaths were recorded in Nagpur at 24 MMR recorded a total of 66 death cases including Mumbai While the state records showed 19 the BMC records state 20 deaths in Mumbai The civic officials said out of these 20 deaths 16 patients were suffering from other ailments and 17 were senior citizens2904076Total No of cases in Maharashtra15321Total no of cases reported in MMR in the 24 hours up to Friday20No of city deaths on Friday 16 patients were suffering from other ailments and 17 were senior citizens5352Patients recovered and discharged in city on Friday1109931Total No of people vaccinated57390No of people vaccinated on Friday 55106 got first dose and 2284 second8844No of new cases in Mumbai city on Friday46The doubling rate of Mumbai