Maharashtra on Tuesday reported a big jump in deaths linked to coronavirus at 47 from just four fatalities registered a day ago, while the daily case tally again crossed the 1,000-mark to stand at 1,080, the health department said. With these additions, the state's Covid-19 tally reached 78,60,317, while the death toll increased to 1,43,633, the department said in a bulletin.
The case fatality rate in the state is 1.82 per cent, it added. The state had recorded 806 cases and four fatalities on Monday. Mumbai registered 135 cases and two fatalities, while Pune city reported 205 infections and one death.
Of the eight administrative circles, the Pune circle recorded 428 cases, followed by Mumbai (242 cases), Nashik (146), Nagpur (105), Akola (77), Kolhapur (39), Latur (22), and the Aurangabad circle (21), the bulletin said. Of the 47 fatalities, the Pune circle recorded 29, followed by Mumbai (six), Nashik (five), Kolhapur and Aurangabad (two each), Akola, Nagpur, and Latur circles (one each), it said.
An administrative circle consists of multiple districts. The health bulletin said 2,488 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the recovery count to 76,99,623 and leaving the state with 13,070 active cases.
As many as 94,475 new coronavirus tests were conducted in the state, pushing their cumulative count to 7,73,83,579, it said. The coronavirus recovery rate in the state is 97.96 per cent.
Currently, 1,74,560 people are in home quarantine and another 958 in institutional quarantine, the bulletin said. Coronavirus figures of Maharashtra are as follows: Positive cases 78,60,317; new cases 1,080; death toll 1,43,633; active cases 13,070; total tests 7,73,83,579.
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