Covid-19 pandemic: Maharashtra records 46,197 cases, 37 deaths

Maharashtra registered 46,197 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, including 125 Omicron infections and 37 more deaths, the health department said.

The daily number was 2,500 more than a day ago, when the state reported 43,697 cases. The department said 52,025 patients have been discharged in the past 24 hours, bringing the number of recovered cases to 68,67,432. It said: “46,197 new cases in the state today. Thirty-seven COVID-19 deaths reported in the state today. Currently, 24,21,501 people are in home quarantine and another 3,391 in institutional quarantine. On Omicron, the department said, Today In the State 125 patients with Omicron infections have been reported, including 87 by the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research and 38 by the National Chemical Laboratory (where genome sequencing of swabs was performed).