Maharashtra records 788 new cases of coronavirus 1 death

Maharashtra today (April 9) recorded 788 new cases of coronavirus and one fatality, which raised the tally of infections to 81,49,929 and death toll to 1,48,459, an official from the state health department said. 

There has been a rise in infections since Saturday (April 8), when the state had recorded 542 cases and 1 fatality.

With 560 patients recovering from the infection in the



last 24 hours, the count of recoveries has reached 79,96,883.  The only fatality of the day was reported in Amravati city, it said. The fatality rate in the state stands at 1.82 per cent, while the recovery rate is at 98.12 per cent.

As many as 10,059 swab samples were tested in the state in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of tests conducted in the state to 8,67,04,363, the bulletin stated.