Maharashtra records 3,847 new Covid-19 cases

Mumbai: The daily Covid-19 deaths dipped to as low as 37 in Maharashtra on Monday, even as the daily fatalities dropped below three digit mark for the sixth day in the last eight days.

In other welcome developments,  the daily infections dropped to 3,847, while the state posted as many as 5,988 recoveries during the day.

On a day when the daily infections dipped to 3626  as against 4,057 cases recorded on Sunday, the daily deaths dropped from 67 on Sunday to 37 on



Monday.

There has been a near consistent drop in the number of daily deaths during the past eight days.  After the daily deaths dropped to 52 on August 30 (Monday), the daily fatalities remained below 100 mark for five more days during the last eight days –55 deaths on September 2, 92 deaths on September 3, 64 deaths on September 4, 67 deaths on September 5 and 37 deaths on September 6.   However, on August 31 and September 1, there were 104 and 183 deaths respectively in the state.