Published 23:18 IST, June 20th 2020

COVID-19: Maharashtra reports biggest single-day jump for third straight day, 160 deaths

With 3874 fresh cases of COVID-19, Maharashtra on Saturday reported its highest single-day count of the viral infection for the third day in a row.

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With 3874 fresh cases of COVID-19, Maharashtra on Saturday reported its highest single-day count of viral infection for third straight day. total number of confirmed coronavirus cases has gone up to 1,28,205. death toll rose by 160 in last 24 hours to reach 5,984 while 1,380 patients (till 3 pm, June 20) were discharged after recovery, taking state aggregate to 64,153. As of June 20, re are 58,054 active cases in state.

In state capital Mumbai, 1,197 people were diagsed with COVID-19 on Saturday, taking aggregate to 65,265. Meanwhile, tally in neighbouring Thane touched 23,212, while that in Palghar stood at 3,225. Pune so far has 15,286 cases while Nagpur has recorded 1,271 cases.

state health department said recovery rate in Maharashtra is 50.04% while case fatality rate is 4.67%. Currently, 5,94,719 people are in home quarantine and 25,099 people in institutional quarantine.

Furrmore, out of 7,54,000 laboratory samples, 1,28,205 have been tested positive (17%) for COVID-19 until June 20. A total of 103 laboratories are functioning for COVID-19 diagsis in Maharashtra currently – 60 government ones and 43 private ones.

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