Maharashtra adds highest 49,447 COVID-19 cases in day; 277 deaths

Maharashtra on Saturday reported 49447 fresh COVID19 cases the highest rise in a day so far taking the tally to 2953523 while 277 fatalities pushed the toll to 55656 the state health department saidMumbai city also registered 9108 new infections the highest spike in a single day Previously Maharashtra had recorded the highest number of 24619 cases in a day on September 17 2020With 184404 new tests the total number of samples tested so far in Maharashtra rose to 20343123 the department said The case recovery rate in the state now stands at 8449 per cent while the fatality rate is 188 per cent it saidOf the 277 fatalities 132 deaths had occurred in the last 48 hours the statement said A total of 37821 patients were discharged during the day taking the count of recoveries in Maharashtra so far to 2495315 it saidThe state is now left with 401172 active cases Out of the total population tested so far 1452 per cent have tested positive for the virus Currently2157135 people remain admitted in the home quarantine while 18994 people are in the institutional quarantine the department saidEarlier in the day Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said the state government was considering diverting all industrial use oxygen supply for medical useIn an online interaction with newspaper owners editors and distributors Thackeray said a decision on imposing stringent measures to tackle the pandemic will be taken soon but he did not confirm if there will be a statewide lockdownThe CM also discussed ways to break the virus transmission chain with owners of gyms multiplexes and newspaper editors Thackeray had on Friday said the health infrastructure would be overwhelmed if the present situation continues for another fortnight in the stateOn Saturday the Mumbai division comprising Mumbai city and its satellite towns recorded 15989 cases and 58 deaths taking the tally to 935371 and fatalities to 20578 the department saidNashik division reported 8418 fresh cases including 2459 infections in Nashik city Pune division saw 12268 cases including 5778 infections in Pune city and 2798 detections in Pimpri Chinchwad the department saidNagpur division reported 5747 cases including 2853 infections in Nagpur city followed by 2693 infections in Latur division 1940 in Akola division 1877 in Aurangabad division and 515 cases in Kolhapur division it saidMeanwhile in Mumbai 43597 new tests were conducted during the day out of which 9090 people tested positive for coronavirus the city civic body saidThe case recovery rate in the Mumbai district is 83 per cent while the overall growth rate of cases from March 27 to April 2 is 154 per cent The doubling rate of cases in Mumbai is now 44 daysThe COVID19 figures in Maharashtra are as follows Positive cases 2953523 deaths 55656 rcoveries 2495315 active cases 401172 total tests 20343123 tests today 184404This 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