Mumbai records 979 new cases, current active cases below 20,000

While another 12608 fresh cases were added to the states COVID19 count taking it up to 572 lakh cases Maharashtras recovery rate crossed 70 per cent on Friday There were 364 COVIDrelated deaths reported in the state and with the secondhighest number of fatalities Mumbais death toll crossed 7000 Health officials said that Pune continued to have the highest daily count of 1711 casesMumbais COVID19 count dropped below 1000 cases again Barring Thane which reported 421 cases all other districts in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region reported fewer than 400 cases eachIn other parts of the state a high count was seen in Nashik with 873 cases Pimpri Chinchwad with 906 cases Nagpur with 766 cases and Kolhapur with 732 cases On Friday while 10484 patients were discharged in the state 907 patients were discharged in Mumbai after a full recoveryThere are more than 15 lakh patients who are currently being treated in the state and while Pune has less than 40000 active cases both Mumbai and Thane have around 19000 active cases eachAmong the 364 deaths in the state Pune led with 87 deaths followed by Mumbai with 47 deathsIn other districts there were 24 deaths in Thane 19 in Sangli 18 each in Nashik and Nagpur 14 in Kolhapur 13 each in Navi Mumbai and Pimpri Chinchwad 12 in Jalgaon nine each in Aurangabad and Beed eight in Raigad seven each in VasaiVirar and Satara five each in Palghar Ahmednagar Solapur and Nanded four each in Kalyan Dombivli Bhiwandi Osmanabad Ratnagiri and Latur two each in Mira Bhayandar Amravati and Buldhana and one each in Panvel Malegaon Dhule JalnaHingoli Parbhani Akola Washim Gondia and Chandrapur Officials clarified that of the total deaths 277 are from the last 48 hours while 46 are from last week and the rest from the week beforeThe mortality rate among COVID patients in the state now stands at 339 per centCivic officials said that among the 47 deaths in Mumbai 37 patients were suffering from other ailments and 35 deaths involved senior citizens The city now has 7038 deaths The recovery rate of the city is stable at 79 per cent and the doubling rate has dropped to 84 daysThe citys growth rate has marginally dropped to 080 per cent and 12 administrative wards have a growth rate higher than the citys average R Central ward which had the highest growth rate for days has been superseded by D ward which now has a higher rate of 138 per cent Currently eight wards have a growth rate above 1 per centMeanwhile K West ward became the fourth ward to have more than 7000 cases while three wards have more than 6000 cases each and six wards have more than 5000 cases eachAmong the administrative wards G North continues to rank third after K East and P North wards and on Wednesday nine new cases were reported in Dharavi 26 in Dadar and 17 in MahimKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Mumbai news crime news current affairs and a complete guide from food to things to do and events across Mumbai Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest news