Maharashtra: Coronavirus cases reach 44,582 in state

Maharashtra recorded 2,940 new Corona virus patients yesterday, which is the highest one-day spike so far. With this, the overall tally in the state has reached to 44,582. As per the Brihan- Mumbai Municipal Corporation, 1,751 new cases were found in the state capital Mumbai. With 63 COVID-19 patients dying, 27 of them in Mumbai, the death toll due to the pandemic in the state reached 1,517.

 

According to State Health Department, 857 patients recovered and were sent home taking the total number of persons discharged from hospitals to 12,583. Out of 63 deaths, 27 were



reported from Mumbai, nine from Pune, eight from Jalgaon, five from Solapur, three from Vasai-Virar, three from Aurangabad city, two from Satara and one each from Malegaon, Thane, Kalyan-Dombivali, Ulhasnagar, Panvel, Nagpur.

 

The worst-hit Mumbai Metropolitan Region which comprises Mumbai and surrounding satellite towns, has reported 34,107 positive cases and 1,027 deaths so far. There are 1,949 containment zones in the state. In all, 4,69,276 people are in home quarantine and 28,430 in institutional quarantine.