Maharashtra Coronavirus cases rise 18,390, total tests cross 60 lakh

With 18,390 new cases in last 24 hours, Maharashtra's tally of confirmed Coronavirus cases touched 12,42,770 on Saturday, state health department data revealed.

Meanwhile, number of recovered patients rose by a whopping 20,206, taking tally of recovered cases to 9,36,554. recovery rate in state has touched 75.36%, as against national aver of 80.86%.

death toll surged to 33,407 after 392 patients succumbed to highly infectious disease.  case fatality rate stands at 2.69%, while that of India's is 1.60%.

Out of 392 deaths reported today, 243 are from last 48 hours and 81 are from last week. Rest 68 deaths are from period before last week. Out of se 68 deaths, 20 occurred in Pune, 7 in Ahmednagar, 7 in Nagpur, 7 in Thane, 5 in Kolhapur, 5 in Palghar, 4 in Satara, 2 in Nashik, 2 in Solapur, 1 in Chandrapur, 1 in Jalna, 1 in Osmanab, 1 in Raig, 1 in Washim, 1 in Mumbai and 3 of Karanataka residents.

As of September 22, re are 2,72,410 active cases in Maharashtra, highest of any or State in country.

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Currently, 18,70,200 people are under home quarantine and 34,982 people in institutional quarantine. Out of 60,17,284 laboratory samples, 12,42,770 have been tested positive (20.65%) for COVID-19 till date.

Amid surge in infections, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has anunced 'My family-My Responsibility' campaign with an aim to motivate maximum number of people to opt a new lifestyle for effective COVID control.

Thackeray said  crisis is likely to become more severe in coming days as state continues to be worst-affected due to viral disease with more than one million COVID-19 cases. He also urged people to follow all social distancing rms to control virus spre.

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