Published 21:28 IST, July 1st 2020

COVID-19: Maharashtra clocks record one-day spike of 5537 cases; death toll tops 8000

With 5,537 fresh cases of COVID-19, Maharashtra on Wednesday reported its highest single-day count of the viral infection, taking a total number past 1.8 lakh

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With 5,537 fresh cases of COVID-19, Maharashtra on Wednesday reported its highest single-day count of viral infection, taking a total number of confirmed coronavirus cases to 1,80,298. figures come on first day of 'Unlock 2', sixth phase of lockdown that'll run through end of month.

death toll rose to 8,053 after 198 patients succumbed to illness, of which 69 deaths occurred in last 48 hours, and rest 129 are from previous period.

number of recoveries jumped by 2,243 in last 24 hours to reach 93,154. As of July 1, re are 79,075 active cases in Maharashtra.

In state capital Mumbai, 1,487 people were diagsed with COVID-19 on Wednesday, taking aggregate to 79,145. Meanwhile, tally in neighbouring Thane touched 39,316, while that in Palghar stood at 6,064. Pune so far has 23,317 cases while Nagpur has recorded 1,506 cases.

state health department said recovery rate in Maharashtra is 51.67% while case fatality rate is 4.47%. Currently, 6,08,660 people are under home quarantine and 38,396 people in institutional quarantine. Furrmore, out of 9,92,723 laboratory samples, 1,80,298 have been tested positive (18.16%) for COVID-19 until July 1.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday morning performed customary puja on Ekadashi day at Vitthoba temple in Pandharpur and said that he prayed for help to destroy Coronavirus.

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Casualty figures

Out of 198 deaths reported in state on July 1, 69 occurred in last 48 hours and 129 deaths are from previous period. se include 69 deaths in Mumbai, 26 in Mira-Bhayandar, 17 in Thane Municipal Corporation, 4 in Kalyan-Dombivali, 3 in Jalgaon, 3 in Pune, 1 in Navi Mumbai, 1 in Ulhasnagar, 1 Bhivandi, 1 in Palghar, 1 in Vasai-Virar, 1 in Dhule and 1 in Akola. se 129 deaths have been shown in progressive figures instead of showing in daily figures, state health department said.