COVID-19: Maharashtra reports 224 deaths, 3,296 recoveries; active cases near 90000

Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 5,134 fresh cases of COVID-19, respiratory illness caused by vel Coronavirus, taking overall tally of confirmed cases to 2,17,121. That puts state's figure marginally ahead of Saudi Arabia's which, as per global coronavirus tracking portal worldometer, has 2,17,108 cases.

death toll rose to 9,250 after 224 patients succumbed to illness in last 24 hours. number of recovered patients jumped by 3,296 in same period to reach 1,18,558. As of July 7, re are 89,294 active cases in Maharashtra.

In state capital Mumbai, 785 people were diagsed with COVID-19 on Tuesday, taking aggregate to 86.509. Meanwhile, tally in neighbouring Thane touched 50,829, while that in Palghar stood at 8,051. Pune so far has 30,131 cases while Nagpur has recorded 1,792 cases.

state health department said recovery rate in Maharashtra is 54.6% while case fatality rate is 4.26%. Currently, 6,31,985 people are under home quarantine and 45,463 people in institutional quarantine. Furrmore, out of 11,61,311 laboratory samples, 2,17,121 have been tested positive (18.69%) for COVID-19 until July 7.

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District-wise details of cases and deaths until July 7:

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