Published 21:16 IST, June 30th 2020

COVID-19: Maharashtra recoveries soar past 90,000; deaths near 8000-mark as Unlock 2 looms

Maharashtra health department informed that 1,951 COVID-19 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the aggregate to 90,911

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number of recovered patients from vel Coronavirus disease in Maharashtra surpassed 90,000 on Tuesday in a piece of encouraging news even as new infections continue to rise substantially. state health department informed that 1,951 COVID-19 patients were discharged in last 24 hours, taking aggregate to 90,911.

Meanwhile, total number of COVID-19 cases in state jumped to 1,74,761 after 4,878 new cases of disease were reported. death toll rose by a staggering 245, of which 95 deaths occurred in last 48 hours and rest 150 are from previous period, to touch 7,855.

In state capital Mumbai, 893 people were diagsed with COVID-19, respiratory illness caused by vel Coronavirus, on Tuesday, taking aggregate to 77,658. Meanwhile, tally in neighbouring Thane touched 37,630, while that in Palghar stood 5,858. Pune so far has 22,327 cases while that in Nagpur is 1,468.

state health department said recovery rate in Maharashtra is 52.02% while case fatality rate is 4.49%. Currently, 5,78,033 people are in-home quarantine and 38,866 people are in institutional quarantine.

Furrmore, out of 9,66,723 laboratory samples, 1,74,761 have been tested positive (18.07%) for COVID-19 until June 30.

Maharashtra is set to enter sixth phase of lockdown on Wednesday that'll last till July end and involve furr easing of restrictions.

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Casualty figures

Out of 245 deaths reported in state on June 30, 95 occurred in last 48 hours and 150 deaths are from previous period. se include 57 deaths in Mumbai, 15 in Thane city, 42 in Bhivandi, 2 in Kalyan-Dombivali, 4 in Mira-Bhayandar, 3 in Thane district, 5 in Palghar, 7 in Panvel, 6 in Solapur, 4 in Aurangabad, 3 in Pune, 1 in Nashik and 1 in Jalgaon. se 150 deaths have been shown in progressive figures instead of showing in daily figures, state health department said.