Covid-19 pandemic: Maharashtra records 48,270 cases and 52 deaths

Maharashtra registered 48,270 new coronavirus cases on Friday, including 144 new Omicron infections in addition to 52 pandemic deaths, the health department said.

The daily infections increased by 2,073 compared to the day before. The number of COVID-19 cases in the state rose to 74.20,027, while the death toll reached 1.42,023.

The death rate in the state stands at 1.91 percent.

Of the 144 patients with Omicron infection reported during the day, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) reported 124 cases, Solapur eight, Pune Rural six and Parbhani, Jalgaon, Mumbai, Raigad, Satara and Beed each registered one case.

The number of Omicron cases in the state reached 2,343, of which 1,171 patients have recovered so far. As many as 42,391 patients were discharged in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 70,09,823. Currently, 23,87,593 people are in home quarantine and 3,357 people are in institutional quarantine. The city of Pune reported 8,464 cases on Friday, while Mumbai reported 5,008 new cases. Out of eight administrative circles, Pune registered 18,785 cases of COVID-19, followed by Mumbai (10,493 cases), Nagpur (6,506), Nashik (5,181) Latur (2,169), Kolhapur (1,951), Aurangabad (1,743) and Akola (1,442 ). fallen). Of the 52 fatalities, the Mumbai circle reported 27 dead, Nashik seven, Pune six, Akola five, Latur three and Kolhapur and Nagpur two dead each.

Aurangabad Circle has not recorded any fatalities. With 2,05,938 coronavirus tests conducted in the past 24 hours, the number of samples tested in the state rose to 7,29,51,286. The state has 2,64,388 active cases.

Maharashtra Coronavirus Figures: New Cases: 48,270, Total Cases: 74.20,027; Lethality: 52; Total number of fatalities: 1.42,023; New tests performed: 2.05.938; Active cases: 2,64,388.