Maharashtra logs 3,741 new Covid-19 cases, 52 deaths, 4,696 recoveries

Maharashtra reported 3741 new coronavirus cases and 52 fresh fatalities on Monday taking the infection tally to 6460680 and the toll to 137209 a state health department official saidThe official said 4696 patients were discharged from hospitals across the state in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative number of recovered patients to 6268112The state which now has 51834 active cases has 288489 people in home isolation and another 2299 in institutional quarantine he saidMaharashtras Covid19 recovery rate stands at 9702 per cent while the fatality rate is 212 per centThe cumulative number of coronavirus tests conducted in the state climbed to 53812827 of with 163214 were conducted in the last 24 hours the official saidCoronavirus tests are generally low over the weekends as compared to other days and this translates into a drop in positive cases on MondaysEight districts namely Dhule Jalgaon Hingoli Akola Yavatmal Wardha Gondia Chandrapur and six municipal corporations Dhule Jalgaon MalegaonParbhani Nanded and Chandrapur their urban centres did not report any fresh Covid19 cases in the last 24 hours he saidAlso ReadPune zilla parishad member booked for Covid19 norms violation at sons weddingThe official said Ahmednagar district reported the highest 770 new infections followed by Satara at 446 while Solapur was the only district in the state that reported deaths in double digits at 19Among the eight regions of Maharashtra comprising multiple districts the Pune region reported the highest cases at 1512 followed by 888 in NashikAmong the other regions the Mumbai region reported 650 new cases Kolhapur 521 Latur 113 Aurangabad 27 Akola 21 and the Nagpur region nine the official saidAccording to the official among the 52 fatalities from the eight regions the highest 22 were reported from Pune followed by 14 from the Mumbai regionSignificantly Akola and Aurangabad regions did not report any fresh fatalities while the Kolhapur region reported 12 deaths Latur 2 and Nashik and Nagpur regions one eachThe official said Mumbai registered 333 new Covid19 cases and two deaths while Pune city reported 168 infections but no fresh fatalityAmong the 51834 active cases in the state Pune district has the highest at 12717 according to the officialHe said among the 6268112 recovered patients across the state the highest 1085720 were from Pune districtCoronavirus figures for Maharashtra are as follows Total cases 6460680 new cases 3741 total deaths 137209 recoveries 6268112 active cases 51834 total tests 53812827This 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