Hopes of 'flattening curve' rise as Maha Covid-19 deaths, cases drop

Hopes were raised in Maharashtra of Covid19 curve flattening as deaths and new cases continued to decline for the past one week bolstered by an improved recovery rate health officials said here on SaturdayThe state witnessed just 137 deaths compared with the peak of 515 Sep 15 but higher than 125 recorded on Oct 19 and the state fatalities shot up from 43015 to 43152 nowThe state recorded 6417 new cases less than onethird compared with the peak singleday tally of 24886 Sep 11 and the state tally jumped from 1632544 to 1638961 cases till dateOn another positive development the state recovery rate continued to remain high and increased from 8852 per cent to 8878 percent while the current mortality death rate stood 263 per centSimultaneously 10004 fully recovered patients returned home taking up the total number of discharged patients from 1445103 to 1455107 till date much higher than the 140194 active cases ill currently in the stateAs per Saturdays figures there was one death roughly every 10 minutes and 267 new cases added every hour to the state tallyOf the 137 deaths declared Mumbai had the lions share of 50 fatalities 14 in Pune and 10 in Thane in the higher bracketThere were 8 fatalities each in Solapur and Nagpur 5 in Jalgaon 4 each in Sangli and Yavatmal 3 each in Ahmednagar Latur Beed Nanded Wardha and Chandrapur 2 each in Raigad Satara Kolhapur Sindhudurg Jalna and Osmanabad 1 each in Palghar Ratnagiri and Washim besides 1 outsider in the lower bracketRemaining in the sub50 range for the 23rd day this month Mumbai recorded 50 fatalities and the city toll shot up from 10009 to 10059 while the number of corona cases shot up by 1257 and the city total climbed fromA248802 to 250059 nowOf the total 8 Circles Mumbai circle MMR comprising Mumbai Thane Palghar and Raigad remains on the brink as deaths spiral and cases pile up due to the contagionThe MMR fatalities shot up by 63 and the toll increased from 17594 to 17657 and with another spike of 2457 new infectees the total cases zoomed up from 566699 the previous day to 569156 nowWith another 24 fatalities the Pune circles comprising Pune Solapur and Satara districts death toll zoomed up from 9359 to 9383 and the daily infections increased by 1196 from 416801 a day earlier to 417997 cases nowNashik circle recorded 4176 deaths and 219327 cases followed by Kolhapur circles 3603 fatalities and 107119 cases and Nagpur circle had 3434 deaths and 143406 casesLatur circle recorded 1998 deaths and 67377 cases Aurangabad circle had 1539 fatalities and 61248 cases followed by Akola circles 1219 deaths and 51257 cases nowMeanwhile the number of people sent to homequarantine for Corona increased sharply from 2438245 to 2503510 now while the number of those in institutional quarantine went up from 13545 to 14170 on SaturdayKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here 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 newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever