Maharashtra adds over 51,500 fresh cases, 52,000 recoveries
The Hindu
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For the first time in more than 45 days, Maharashtra’s recoveries outweighed its case surge, with the State reporting 51,751 new COVID-19 cases on Monday as opposed to a robust 52,312 recoveries. The State’s active case tally has dipped marginally to 5,64,746. As many as 258 deaths (169 of which were reported in the last 48 hours, while the rest were from an earlier period), pushed the total death toll to 58,245. The State’s recovery marginally rose to 81.94%. While the total case tally has now reached 34,58,996, the cumulative recoveries stand at 28,34,473. “Of 2,23,22,393 laboratory samples tested thus far, 34,58,996 (with the average case positivity rising to 15.49%) have returned positive, with over 2.08 lakh samples being tested in the last 24 hours,” said State Surveillance Officer Dr. Pradeep Awate. The State’s case fatality rate had incrementally declined to 1.68%.More Related News