Maharashtra reports 63,309 COVID-19 cases, 985 deaths

Maharashtra on Wednesday reported 63309 new coronavirus cases and 985 deaths the state health department said It took the tally of infections in the state to 4473394 and the death toll to 67214Mumbai recorded 4926 new cases and 78 deaths raising its caseload to 640409 and the death toll to 12954 A total of 61181 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day taking the number of recoveries to 3730729Of 985 fatalities 392 occurred in the last 48 hours 251 in the last week while the rest had taken place earlier but were added to the tally now an official explained Maharashtra has now 673481 active casesWith 273125 new tests the number of samples examined for coronavirus so far in Maharashtra has gone up to 26527862 Currently 4203547 people are in home quarantine while 31159 people are in institutional quarantineMaharashtras COVID19 recovery rate stands at 834 per cent while the fatality rate is 15 per cent The case positivity rate was 1686 per cent The Mumbai division including Mumbai city and satellite towns recorded 12782 fresh cases and 220 deaths taking the caseload to 1348395 and the toll to 23015Thane Municipal Corporation in the division reported 92 deaths followed by 12 in Raigad district and 11 in Panvel city The Nashik division reported 10015 new cases including 3213 in Nashik city Ahmednagar district reported 2372 cases followed by 1526 in Nashik district and 974 in Nandurbar districtOut of 137 deaths recorded in the Nashik division during the day 43 occurred in Nandurbar district 31 in Nashik district 20 in Ahmednagar district and 12 each in Ahmednagar city and Jalgaon districtThe Pune division saw 13137 fresh infections including 4126 in Pune city 3430 in Pune district 1916 in neighbouring Pimpri Chinchwad city 1653 in Solapur district and 1772 in Satara district Of 217 fatalities in the Pune division 117 occurred in Pune city followed by 38 in Satara 32 in Pune district and 20 in Pimpri ChinchwadKolhapur division added 3538 cases and 47 deaths including 14 in Sindhudurg district and 11 in Sangli Aurangabad division reported 3666 fresh infections and 125 fatalities of which 80 occurred in Aurangabad city followed by 15 in Hingoli districtThe Latur division reported 3965 cases along with 64 deaths of which 24 occurred in Latur district while 10 each were reported from Beed and Nanded districts The caseload in the Akola division went up by 3422 of which Bhandara alone added 1008 Of total 62 fatalities in this division 32 occurred in Yavatmal district and 14 in Washim districtThe Nagpur division registered 12784 fresh infections including 5418 in Nagpur city and 2566 in Nagpur district Bhandara and Wardha districts added 1318 and 1077 cases The division reported 113 deaths of which 69 occurred in Nagpur city and 14 in Nagpur districtMaharashtras coronavirus figures as follows Total cases 4473394 new cases 63309 death toll 67214 recoveries 3730729 active cases 673481 people tested so far 26527862This 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