Maharashtra records 3,297 COVID-19 cases, 6,107 recoveries; 25 deaths

Maharashtra reported more than 3200 new coronavirus cases for a second day this week on Thursday while 25 patients succumbed to the infection even as 6107 people were discharged from hospitals after recovery said an official from the state health departmentWith 3297 fresh COVID19 cases the statewide tally rose to 2052905 said the official On Wednesday the state had reported 3451 new cases a multiweek high this yearThe state also reported the death of 25 people from COVID19 taking the fatality count to 51415 he said Of these deaths 21 occurred in the past 48 hours while remaining four took place last week but were added to the fatality tally now the official saidAfter reconciliation of data until January 31 this year there has been a reduction in number of cumulative cases by 2645 However there is no change in the states cumulative death tally he saidA total of 6107 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day taking the number of recoveries in Maharashtra to 1970053 the department said The state is now left with 30265 active cases Maharashtras COVID19 recovery rate now stands at 9584 percent while the fatality rate is 250 percent it saidMumbai city reported 510 fresh cases in the day while three more persons died due to COVID19 With this the total count of cases in Mumbai went up to 312303 and the death toll to 11402 the department saidThe Mumbai Metropolitan Region MMR which includes Mumbai city and its satellite towns reported 905 new coronavirus infections and seven deaths taking the cumulative caseload to 701471 and the fatality count to 19646The Nashik divisions COVID19 tally increased to 280088 while its death count stood at 5167 The number of cases in the Pune division stood at 506723 and deaths at 11656 the official said The Kolhapur division has reported 118526 cases and 4030 deaths till now while the Aurangabad divisions infection tally stood at 75819 and fatalities at 2011The Latur division has reported 83433 cases and 2468 fatalities so far and the Akola division 75524 cases and 1639 deaths The Nagpur division has registered 211175 infections and 4713 fatalities till now the official informed There have been 146 cases so far where patients from other states have received treatment in Maharashtra Of these 85 patients have died he saidWith 55136 more samples tested for detection of COVID19 the number of tests conducted in the state so far rose to 15163781 At present there are 166785 people in home isolation and 1852 in institutional quarantine the official saidMaharashtras COVID19 figures are as follows Positive cases 2052905 new cases 3297 death toll 51415 discharged 1970053 active cases 30265 people tested so far 15163781This 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