Maharashtra again registers over 67,000 new cases
The Hindu
Record 62,298 recoveries reported; active cases near 7 lakh; 7,367 cases in Mumbai
Maharashtra reported yet another huge surge of 67,013 COVID-19 cases on Thursday, pushing its active case tally to 6,99,858. Nevertheless, the State reported its highest single-day recoveries, with 62,298 patients being discharged to take the tally of recoveries to 33,30,747 and the recovery rate to 81.34%. A consecutive spike of 568 deaths (of which 309 occurred in the last 48 hours) pushed the toll to 62,479. The case fatality rate has declined to 1.53%. The case tally has reached 40,94,840. State Surveillance Officer Dr. Pradeep Awate said, “Of 2,48,95,986 laboratory samples tested so far, 40,94,840 (with the average case positivity rising to 16.45%) have returned positive, with over 2.71 lakh samples being tested in the last 24 hours.”More Related News
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