Maharashtra saw a significant drop in new cases and Covid-19 fatalities on Thursday. As per the state’s report, 21,273 new cases and 425 deaths were recorded.
A woman gets screened at Dadar station on Thursday. Pic/Ashish Raje
Mumbai saw a dip in new Covid-19 cases on Thursday along with an improved Test Positivity Rate (TPR). As per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) report, the city witnessed 1,266 new cases, a TPR of 4.44 per cent and 36 deaths.
The doubling rate has continued to significantly improve and is now at 351 days. Of the 36 deaths in Mumbai, 28 patients had comorbidities, 20 patients were in the age group of 60 and above, while 14 deaths were of patients in the 40-60 age group. The city’s recovery rate improved and was 94 per cent on Thursday and 855 people recovered and were discharged.
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Maharashtra saw a significant drop in new cases and Covid-19 fatalities on Thursday. As per the state’s report, 21,273 new cases and 425 deaths were recorded.
The state’s fatality rate, however, has been seeing a steady rise and on Thursday it was 1.63 per cent. Meanwhile, 34,370 people recovered and got discharged on Thursday. Currently, the state has 3.01 lakh active cases.
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The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), too, reported a marginal drop in new cases at 3,265, including the ones reported in Mumbai. Apart from Mumbai, Palghar with 326 and Raigad with 466 reported the maximum new cases in MMR.
Thane had 206 new cases while Kalyan-Dombivili reported 205 new cases on Thursday and Navi Mumbai reported 105 new cases.
MMR, excluding Mumbai, registered 39 deaths, out of which Raigad reported 16 and Kalyan-Dombivili witnessed eight deaths, highest after Mumbai. Thane reported four deaths while Navi Mumbai reported six and Panvel two.
56,72,180
Total no. of cases in Maharashtra
2,007
Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours
36
No. of deaths in city on Thursday (28 patients had comorbidities, 20 patients were in the age group of 60 and above, while 14 deaths were of patients in the 40-60 age group)
855
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Thursday
23,47,157
(Total no. of people administered the first vaccine dose)
7,42,973
(No. of people who have taken their second vaccine dose so far)
38,847
(No. of people who took their first vaccine dose on Thursday)
2,283
(No. of people who took their second vaccine dose on Thursday
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