Maharashtra logs 9,844 new Coronavirus cases

Mumbai: The Covid-19 infections in Maharashtra dropped to 9,844 and the deaths went up to 556 on Thursday, even as 9,371 patients were discharged after full recovery from various hospitals across the State.

A day after the state logged 10,066 fresh infections and 508 deaths, the infections came down marginally, while the deaths climbed by 48.

Of the 556 deaths reported, 197 were current fatalities, while the remaining 359 were “old and unaccounted deaths” which have been added to the state total Covid-19 toll as part of the ongoing reconciliation process.

With 556 deaths, the Covid-19 toll in the state jumped from 1,19,303 to  1,19,859.. Similarly, with 9,371 fresh infections, the total infections in the state crossed the 60 lakh mark as the cases climbed from 59,97,587 to 60,0,74,31.

As 9371 patients were discharged from the hospitals across the state after full recovery, the total number of people discharged from the hospitals since the second week of March last year increased from 57,53,290 to 57,62,661.



The recovery rate in the State stood static at 95.93 per cent.

The total “active cases” in the State dropped from  1,21,859 to 1,21,767. The fatality rate in the state rose from 1.99 per cent to 2 per cent.

Mumbai recorded 20 deaths and 773 infections. As a result, the Covid-19 toll in the metropolis increased from  15,338 to 15,348, while the infected cases in Mumbai went up from 7,21,963 to 7,22,736.

Mumbai with 18,687 cases emerged as the first in the state in terms of maximum number of “active cases” in the state, while Pune with 17,363  stood second, followed by Thane (12,999), Sangli (9753), Kolhapur (9704), Satara (7099), Ratnagiri (5961), Raigad (4912) and Sindhudurg (4640). Of the 4.03.60,931 samples sent to various laboratories across the State so far, 60,07,431 have tested positive (15.01 per cent) for Covid-19 until Thursday.

Currently, 6,32,453 people are in home quarantine while 4166 people are in institutional quarantine.