COVID-19: Maha logs 7,975 new cases- 233 die, 3,606 recover

Maharashtra's COVID-19 tally rose to 2,75,640 on Wednesday with the addition of 7,975 new cases, while 233 more patients succumbed to the disease, 62 of them in Mumbai, taking the death toll to 10,928, the state health department said.

A total of 3,606 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day, taking the number of recoveries to 1,52,613, it said.

As many as 233 patients died due to the viral disease, taking the toll closer to the 11,000-mark at 10,928, the health department said in a release.

Of the total deaths, 62 were recorded in Mumbai.

In the limits of the Pune, Kalyan-Dombivli and Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal corporations, 31, 15 and 11 deaths, respectively, were reported, it said.

Nine patients each lost their lives in areas governed by municipal corporations of Navi Mumbai, Nashik and Jalgaon, the department said.

In Ulhasnagar, eight persons succumbed to the disease.

Out of the 7,975 new cases, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), including Mumbai city, accounted for the highest 4,140 cases, taking its tally to 1,83,900 and the death toll to 7,665.

Of the new infections in the MMR, Mumbai reported 1,374, which increased its total count to 96,474. The financial capitals death toll stood at 5,467.

Pune city reported a rise of 1,345 cases; KalyanDombivli 561; Pimpri-Chinchwad 539; Thane 407; Navi Mumbai 376 and Ulhasnagar registered 230 new patients in a day.

The recovery rate in the state is 55.37 per cent, while the fatality rate slipped to 3.96 per cent from 4 per cent on Tuesday, the department said.

Currently, 7,08,373 people are in home quarantine and 43,315 in institutional quarantine.

There are 1,11,801 active cases in the state at present.

A total of 14,08,901 people have been tested for coronavirus across the state so far, the department said.

Maharashtra's COVID-19 tally is as follows: Positive cases: 2,75,640; new cases 7,975; deaths: 10,928; discharged 1,52,613; active cases: 1,11,801; people tested so far: 14,08,901.