Over 15,000 recoveries in Maharashtra

Active cases dip below 1.10 lakh

With 15,227 recoveries on Monday as against 7,603 new COVID-19 cases, Maharashtra’s active case tally, which had seen a rise in the past few days, dipped to 1,08,343. However, the number of samples tested in the past 24 hours was low — just 1.76 lakh as opposed to the daily average of 2.30 lakh. A total of 146 deaths were to the progressive death toll, of which 42 occurred during the last 48 hours and 11 during the past week. A further 93 fatalities have been added as per the ongoing ‘reconciliation’ process, said the State Health Department. The State’s total death toll has climbed to 1,26,024, with the case fatality rate at 2.04%. The total cases have reached 61,65,402, while cumulative recoveries have risen to 59,27,756, with the recovery rate at 96.15%.