With 5,318 COVID-19 cases, Maharashtra sees another record increase
Coronavirus cases in Maharashtra rose to 1,59,133 with a record 5,318 new patients found on Saturday, while the death toll due to the pandemic reached 7,273 with 167 fatalities coming to light, an official said.
The increase in cases surpassed Friday's one-day highest figure of 5,024, said a state health official. 4,430 patientswere discharged from hospitals, taking the number of recovered coronavirus patients in the state to 84,245, he added.
So far, 8,96,874 people have beentested for the virus in Maharashtra.
Out of 167 deaths reported on Saturday, 86 occurred in the last 48 hours and remaining had taken place earlier, the official said.
The recovery rate in the state is 52.94 per cent while the case fatality rate is 4.57 per cent. 5,65,161 people are in-home quarantine and 36,925 are
in institutional quarantine. Mumbai accounted for 1,402 new infection cases on Saturday, Pune city for 429 cases and Aurangabad city for 137
cases.
In the larger Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), Thane city reported 410 cases and Kalyan-Dombivali 514 cases. Sixty-four new deaths were reported from Mumbai alone.
The MMR accounted for the highest 3,479 new cases on Saturday, taking the total in the region to 1,15,385. Coronavirus figures for Maharashtra are as follows: Positive cases 1,59,133, New cases 5,318, Deaths 7,273, Recoveries 84,245, Active cases 67,615, People tested so far 8,96,874.
