Maharashtra records 3,365 COVID-19 cases, 3,105 recoveries; 23 deaths

A day after Maharashtra reported over 4000 COVID19 cases highest singleday tally in more than a month the daily count on Monday fell but remained above the 3000mark for the sixth straight day as the state government warned of harsh decisions after the recent spikeOn Monday the number of daily cases dipped to 3365 in Maharashtra where 4092 infections the highest singleday rise since the first week of January were reported on Sunday Also 23 more patients succumbed to the infection while over 3100 people recovered from the infectionThe state has registered 2067643 positive cases till now an official statement said Maharashtra reported 2216 new cases on February 8 and 2515 a day later On February 10 the number of daily cases surged to 3451 and the singleday rise has been above the 3000mark since thenApart from Mumbai Nagpur and Amravati cities in the Vidarbha region reported over 400 new COVID19 patients in a day on Monday Describing as alarming the recent rise in fresh COVID19 cases in some districts of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday warned of taking some harsh decisions and asked people to be preparedSpeaking to reporters in Aurangabad Pawar expressed displeasure over people not following the pandemicappropriate behaviour and violating guidelines Harsh decisions can be taken and people should remain prepared If certain decisions are not taken in time then we will have to pay a heavy cost later he addedNotably a central team which visited parts of Maharashtra earlier this month had in a meeting with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on February 8 noted that rural areas of Vidarbha particularly in Amravati Akola Yavatmal and Bhandara districts reported higher positivity rateOn the other hand the number of patients discharged from hospitals across the state on Monday stood at 3105 that is more than double of those who headed for homes post recovery a day earlier A total of 1355 patients were discharged on SundayThe number of recovered persons in the state stood at 1978708 the government said The number of active cases in the state increased slightly to 36201 on Monday from 35965 a day earlier According to the Maharashtra government Palghar located adjoining Mumbai was the only district in the state which did not report a single COVID19 case on MondayWith 23 new deaths reported on Monday the states fatality count rose to 51552 the government said The health department said of the 23 deaths 7 were reported during the past 48 hours while 3 were from the last week The remaining 13 deaths were from the period before last weekMumbai city continued to report the highest single daycasesin the state with a spike of 493 on Monday while Nagpur city saw a jump of 415cases Amravati city in Vidarbha saw a rise of 405 cases on Monday Pune city in Western Maharashtra and Buldhana district in the Vidarbha region also reported threedigit rise in daily cases of 202 and 173 respectivelyRaigad district in the Konkan region reported deaths of 11 persons highest in the state on Monday due to the disease In Mumbai and Marathwadas Aurangabad city three and two individuals died due to COVID19 respectively Out of the total 3365 newcases the Mumbai Metropolitan Region MMR accounted for 880With this the total number of cases reported in the MMR which includes Mumbai and its satellite towns till now has increased to 705441 The region has reported 19701 deaths till now The countrys financial capital alone has witnessed 314569 casesand 11422 deaths till nowThe Akola division which covers Amravati Yavatmal Buldhana and Washim districts besides Akola in Vidarbha reported a rise of 837 new cases The states recovery rate is 957 per cent while the fatality rate is 249 per cent the department said Currently 174704 people are in home quarantine and 1714 in institutional quarantine in the state it saidWith 37418 new tests on Monday the number of samples tested so far in the state increased to 15359026 the government said Maharashtras COVID19 tally is as follows Positivecases 2067643 newcases3365 deaths 51522 discharged 1978708 activecases 36201 people tested so far 15359026This 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