Maharashtra reports steep rise in new COVID-19 cases & fatalities; 6,844 recover in 24 hrs

Maharashtra reported 12,614 new cases of Coronavirus infections in last 24 hours, propelling state's COVID-19 tally to 5,84,754, data from state health department revealed Saturday.

number of recovered patients rose by 6,844 in same period, taking aggregate of recovered cases to 4,08,286. Recovery Rate in state w stands at 69.82%, closing in on  national aver of 71.6%.

state's Coronavirus death toll reached 19,749 on Saturday after 322 patients succumbed to highly infectious respiratory disease. After updating figures, state health department ted that out of those 322 deaths, 226 are from last 48 hours and 53 are from last week. rest 43 deaths are from period before last week.

Out of se 43 deaths, 22 occurred in Thane district, 8 in Pune, 3 in Nashik, 3 in Raig, 2 in Sangli, 1 in Palghar, 1 in Osmanab, 1 in Latur, 1 in Jalna and 1 in Buldhana. Case Fatality Rate (CFR) in state w stands at 3.38% as against India's 1.94%. As of August 15, re are 1,56,409 active cases in Maharashtra, highest of any or State in country.

Currently, 10,44,974 people are under home quarantine and 37,524 people in institutional quarantine. Furrmore, out of 31,11,514 laboratory samples, 5,84,754 have been tested positive (18.79%) for COVID-19 until August 15.

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Situation in key districts

In state capital Mumbai, 1,254 people were diagsed with COVID-19 on Saturday, taking aggregate to 1,27,716. As per state health bulletin, India's financial capital has 17,581 active cases while 7,086 patients have died. For over a month w, Mumbai has reported less than 2,000 cases a day while number of tests has remained fairly progressive, a sign that outbreak is easing.

Meanwhile, total number of cases in neighbouring Thane district touched 1,12,638, of which it has 19,542 active cases.  tally of active cases in Palghar meanwhile stands at 6,293 while it is 7,802 in Nagpur. Cases in Pune district have surged to 1,27,518, of which re are 41,080 active cases.

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