Coronavirus | Maharashtra records 4,456 fresh cases
The Hindu
State reports 4,430 recoveries, 183 deaths; spike of over 1,100 infections in Pune district
Maharashtra on Wednesday reported 4,430 recoveries against a surge of 4,456 COVID-19 cases. The see-sawing of case spikes and recoveries saw the active case tally rise to 51,078. A high death toll of 183 took the State’s cumulative fatalities to 1,37,496. The case fatality rate remains constant at 2.12%. The total cases have reached 64,69,332, while cumulative recoveries have risen to 62,77,230, with the recovery rate rising to 97.03%. “Of 5,41,54,890 laboratory samples tested thus far, 64,69,332 (with the average case positivity falling incrementally to 12.01%) have returned positive, with more than 1.78 lakh samples being tested in the last 24 hours,” said State Surveillance Officer Dr. Pradeep Awate.
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