With 10,320 fresh cases, State’s
active
numbers cross 1.50 lakh
It records highest testing of 60,000 samples in 24 hours; death toll reaches 14,994
Maharashtra reported 10,320
new COVID19 cases on Friday, taking the State’s total
number of cases to 4,22,118.
This is the second consecutive singleday jump of more
than 10,000 cases and also
the third time in less than 10
days, with Thursday recording the highest at 11,147 cases.
As many as 265 more
deaths saw the fatality toll
rise to 14,994.
The State’s active case fi
gure crossed the 1.50 lakh
mark to reach 1,50,662, with
a record 60,000 samples being tested in the last 24
hours, State Health Department officials said.
With 7,543 patients discharged on Friday, the cumulative recoveries till date
have gone up to 2,56,158.
“Till date, of a total
21,30,098 laboratory samples, 4,00,651 (19.87%) have
been tested positive with
nearly 48,000 samples
across the State tested in the
last 24 hours,” State Surveillance Officer Dr. Pradeep
Awate said, adding that the
State’s recovery rate had risen to 59.84% while its case
fatality rate had marginally
reduced to 3.61%.
1,085cases in Mumbai
With 1,085 new cases reported on Friday, Mumbai’s total
case tally has reached
1,14,284, of whom only
20,563 are active though.
With 53 more deaths, the city’s death toll has risen to
6,353. The surge in new cases
continued in Pune district,
which reported another massive spike of more than 3,000
fresh cases and 71 fatalities as
its total cases reached 89,231,
while its death toll rose to
2,099. As per the district administration, though, the
number of active cases
stands a little over 29,000.
The Mumbai Metropolitan
Region saw a sharp spike in
fatalities and cases, with
Thane district reporting 25
more deaths, taking the fatality toll to 1,008. With a
surge of 519 new cases, the
district’s total cases have
crossed the 34,000 mark.
The KalyanDombivli civic
body reported 13 fatalities to
take its total death count to
438 while another 376 cases
took its total tally to 22,662.
In the Navi Mumbai civic
body region, 412 new cases
pushed its total tally to
17,070. Eight more deaths
saw its cumulative toll climb
to 445. Kolhapur district in
western Maharashtra, which
has seen a case spike in the
last fortnight, reported 489
fresh cases, taking its total
tally to 5,060, of whom
3,365 are active cases. Ten
more deaths took the district’s fatality toll past the
100 mark to reach 105.
Solapur district in Pune
division reported eight
deaths and more than 250
new cases.
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