Maharashtra logs 66,159 COVID-19 cases, 771 deaths; 68,537 recover

Maharashtra on Thursday reported 66159 fresh coronavirus cases and 771 fatalities taking the tally of infections to 4539553 and the toll to 67985 the state health department saidAlso 68537 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day taking the number of recoveries to 3799266 a health department official saidMaharashtra now has 670301 active cases he saidOf the 771 fatalities 383 occurred in the last 48 hours and 165 during the last week The remaining 223 deaths had occurred in the period before the last week but were added to the toll now as part of a data reconciliation exercise the official explainedWith 288213 new coronavirus tests the number of samples examined so far in Maharashtra has gone up to 26816075 the official saidMaharashtras COVID19 recovery rate stood at 8369 per cent while the fatality rate was 15 per cent the department saidThe case positivity rate proportion of samples that showed positive result among the total tested was 1693 per centMumbai recorded 4174 new cases and 82 deaths raising the overall tally to 644583 and the toll to 13036The Mumbai division including Mumbai city and its satellite towns recorded 11344 fresh cases and 144 deaths taking the coronavirus caseload to 1359739 and the toll to 23159 the official saidIn the division the KalyanDombivli Municipal Corporation reported 17 deaths Thane city 15 and Panvel city 11 the official saidThe Nashik division reported 9967 new cases and 129 fresh deaths In the division Ahmednagar district recorded 2117 cases followed by 1754 in Nashik district and 1161 in Nandurbar districtOut of 129 fresh deaths in the Nashik division 26 occurred in Nandurbar district 24 in Ahmednagar district and 20 in Nashik district the official saidThe Pune division saw 16470 fresh infections including 5097 in Pune city 4332 in rural areas of Pune district 2457 in PimpriChinchwad Industrial Township 2089 in Solapur district and 2175 in Satara district he saidThus Pune city 4332 reported more COVID19 cases than Mumbai city 4174Of 214 fatalities in the Pune division 94 occurred in Pune city followed by 36 in other parts of Pune district 32 in Satara district 27 in Solapur city and 16 in Pimpri Chinchwad he saidThe Kolhapur division added 3436 new cases and 53 deaths Among the deaths 19 occurred in Sangli district 14 in Kolhapur and 12 in Sindhudurg district the official saidThe Aurangabad division reported 3577 fresh COVID19 infections and 57 fatalities Of the total deaths most came from Aurangabad city and Jalna district 18 each he saidThe Latur division reported 4376 cases along with 38 deaths of which 16 occurred in Beed district he saidThe caseload in the Akola division went up by 4320 of which 1487 and 1131 were added by Yavatmal and Buldhana districts respectivelyOf the total 40 fatalities in the Akola division 16 occurred in Yavatmal district and 15 in Washim districtThe Nagpur division registered 12669 fresh infections including 5808 in Nagpur city 2967 in other parts of Nagpur district 1435 in Wardha and 1106 in Bhandara districtThe Nagpur division reported 96 deaths of which 42 occurred in Nagpur city and 23 in other parts of Nagpur district Bhandara district registered 17 deaths the official saidCurrently 4119759 people are in home quarantine while 30118 people are in institutional quarantine in Maharashtra the health department saidMaharashtras coronavirus figures as follows Total cases 4539553 new cases 66159 deaths 67985 recoveries 3799266 active cases 670301 people tested so far 26816075This 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