Coronavirus | Number of cases exceeds recoveries in Maharashtra
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More than 1,500 deaths added as ‘reconciliation’ course of, says Health Department.
After days of regular recoveries, Maharashtra’s case surge exceeded the quantity of sufferers discharged on Thursday, with the State recording 12,207 cases versus simply 11,449 recoveries.
The lively case tally stood at 1,60,693.
The toll continued to rise with a humungous 1,915 deaths being added to the progressive quantity, of which 239 occurred over the last 48 hours (154 extra happened in the course of the previous week). The Health Department stated 1,522 fatalities have been added in the continuing ‘reconciliation’ course of.
The toll has climbed to 1,03,748 with the fatality fee rising to 1.77%.
The case tally has reached 58,76,087 whereas its cumulative recoveries have risen to 56,08,753 with the restoration fee rising to 95.45%.
“Of the 3,73,56,704 laboratory samples tested thus far, 58,76,087 [with the average case positivity falling incrementally to 15.73%]) have returned positive with over 2.28 lakh samples being tested in the last 24 hours,” stated Surveillance Officer Dr. Pradeep Awate.
High spikes
Despite the overall decline in the cases, Pune, the three sugar belt districts of western Maharashtra — Satara, Kolhapur, Sangli — and significantly Nashik, reported excessive spikes.
Pune witnessed a heightened spike, reporting greater than 1,300 cases taking its whole to 10,30,325. The Health Department stated 24 deaths had been reported because the toll rose to 13,638. As per district authorities, the lively case tally has declined beneath 15,000 whereas the toll had reached over 19,000.
Mumbai reported 655 cases to take its tally to 7,13,495 whereas the lively depend has elevated to 18,157. Twentytwo fatalities took town’s depend to fifteen,055.
In western Maharashtra, Kolhapur continued to report huge surges, with greater than 1,400 cases taking its tally to 1,28,553 of whom 17,370 are lively. 27 deaths noticed the cumulative toll rise to three,986.
Neighbouring Satara reported 848 cases and 17 deaths, taking its tally to 1,77,575 of whom 10,634 are lively. Its toll has risen to three,481.
Ahmednagar reported 784 cases and 21 deaths as its toll rose to three,608 and the cases reached 2,58,487 of whom 4,955 are lively.
After days of witnessing low spikes of beneath 500, Nashik in north Maharashtra reported an enormous surge of greater than 1,500 cases and 15 deaths. The tally stands at 3,91,346 with the lively cases declining to 4,940 whereas its toll reached 5,069.
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