Published 20:56 IST, June 24th 2020

Maharashtra posts highest single-day jump of COVID-19 cases, recoveries soar past 73000

With 3,890 fresh cases of COVID-19, Maharashtra on Wednesday reported its highest single-day count of the viral infection since the outbreak began.

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With 3,890 fresh cases of COVID-19, Maharashtra on Wednesday reported its highest single-day count of viral infection since outbreak began. total number of confirmed Coronavirus cases have gone up to 1,42,900.

death toll rose to 6,739 after 208 succumbed to illness, of which 72 died in last 48 hours, and rest 136 are deaths from previous period, state health department said.

number of recoveries jumped by a whopping 4,161 in last 24 hours to reach 73,792. As of June 24, re are 62,354 active cases in state.

In state capital Mumbai, 1,144 people were diagsed with COVID-19 on Wednesday, taking aggregate to 69,625. Meanwhile, tally in neighbouring Thane touched 27,880, while that in Palghar stood at 4,028. Pune so far has 17,445 cases while Nagpur has recorded 1,366 cases.

state health department said recovery rate in Maharashtra is 51.64% while case fatality rate is 4.72%. Currently, 5,57,948 people are under home quarantine and 26,572 people in institutional quarantine.

Furrmore, out of 8,23,775 laboratory samples, 1,42,900 have been tested positive (17.34%) for COVID-19 until June 24. A total of 103 laboratories are functioning for COVID-19 diagsis in Maharashtra currently – 60 government ones and 43 private ones. According to state health minister Rajesh Tope, count of tests per million in state has w doubled.

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Deaths

Out of 208 deaths reported in state on Wednesday, 72 occurred in last 48 hours and 136 deaths are from previous period. se include 82 deaths in Mumbai, 13 in Solapur, 10 in Nashik, 9 in Navi Mumbai, 8 in Jalgaon, 5 in Kalyan-Dombivali, 3 in Thane, 1 in Ulhasnagar, 1 in Bhivandi, 1 in Pimpri-Chinchwad, 1 in Akola, 1 in Satara and 1 death of ar state resident.