Maha adds 2,740 new Covid-19 cases, lowest since Feb 9: Official

The cumulative coronavirus tally in Maharashtra crossed the 65lakh mark on Monday with the addition of 2740 new cases the lowest since February 9 while 27 patients succumbed to the infection a daily toll not seen since March 8 a health department official saidThe official said with these additions the tally of Covid19 cases climbed to 6500617 while the death toll increased to 138169The number of daily cases and fatalities witnessed a significant dip as compared to Sunday when the state had reported 3623 Covid19 cases and 46 deathsOn February 9 Maharashtra had reported 2515 new Covid19 cases while 22 deaths were registered on March 8The count of recovered patients outnumbered the new infectionsAs many as 3233 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours pushing the number of recovered cases to 6309021 and leaving the state with 49880 active cases the official saidAlso read WHOs approval for Covaxin likely this month SourcesThe state has 299192 people in home quarantine and another 1883 in institutional quarantine he saidThe official said Maharashtras Covid19 recovery rate stands at 9705 per cent while the fatality rate is 212 per centThe cumulative number of tests conducted in the state rose to 56088114 of which 108216 tests the lowest in recent times were done in the last 24 hours the official saidIn Maharashtra as many as 11 districts Dhule Nandurbar Parbhani Nanded Akola Amravati Nagpur Wardha Bhandara Gondia and Chandrapur rural areas and seven municipal corporations Malegaon Dhule Parbhani Nanded Akola Amravati and Chandrapur urban areas did not report any fresh Covid19 cases he saidThe official said Ahmednagar district reported the highest 569 new infections followed by Mumbai district at 345 while Satara dsistrict reported the highest nine fatalities in the state in the last 24 hoursAmong the eight regions of Maharashtra the Pune region reported the highest 967 new Covid19 cases followed by 681 in the Nashik regionAmong other regions the Mumbai region reported 663 new cases Kolhapur 282 Latur 90 Aurangabad 34 Nagpur 16 and the Akola region seven infectionsAccording to the official among the 27 fresh fatalities from eight regions the highest 11 were reported from Mumbai region followed by 10 from the Pune regionSignificantly Aurangabad Akola and Nagpur region did not report any fresh fatalities while the Kolhapur region reported three deaths the Nashik region two and the Latur region oneHe said Mumbai witnessed 345 new Covid19 cases and six deaths while Pune city reported 130 cases but no fresh fatalityAmong 49880 active cases in the state Pune district has the highest at 13102 according to the officialHe said among the 6309021 recovered patients across the state so far the highest 1097740 were from Pune districtCoronavirus figures for Maharashtra are as follows Total cases 6500617 new cases 2740 total deaths 138169 total recoveries 6309021 active cases 49880 total tests 56088114This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever