Maharashtra records spike in COVID-19 cases, 40 deaths

In a sharp spike Maharashtra reported 4787 fresh cases of COVID19 on Wednesday the highest oneday count this year the state health department said The statersquos COVID19 tally has now risen to 2076093 the department said in a statementAmong the districts Amravati reported the highest rise in a day from 82 on Tuesday to 230 on Wednesday The state reported the 40 deaths due to COVID19 taking the toll to 51631 it said Also 3853 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day taking the recovery tally to 1985261 the statement saidWith this the state now has 38013 active cases he said This is the eighth straight day when the state has reported more than 3000 cases in a day indicating a steady rise in infections as compared to the previous few weeksThe recent spurt in cases led Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to warn on Tuesday that if COVID19 norms are not followed people should be prepared for a fresh round of strict lockdown The case fatality rate in the state stood at 249 percent the department saidldquoThe state reported 4092 cases on February 14 then highest in 39 days and since then daily cases were hovering above 3000 However the state on Wednesday reported 4787 casesrdquo an official saidOn Tuesday the state had registered 3663 cases and the fresh tally showed a rise of 1124 infections during the last 24 hours ldquoMumbai city once again reported the highest cases in the state at 721With this the coronavirus tally of the Mumbai division consisting of the metropolis and its satellite towns jumped by 1237 taking the cumulative count to 707540 With 12 more deaths 3 of them in Mumbai the toll in the division reached 19724rdquo the official saidMumbairsquos COVID19 death toll stood at 11428 The Mumbai division had reported 862 cases on Tuesday The Nashik divisionrsquos cumulative tally reached 282382 while the death toll stood at 5184ldquoThe Pune division also reported a surge in COVID19 cases from 749 on Tuesday to 1013 today This has taken the divisionrsquos tally to 511171 and increased the death toll to 11683rdquo the official saidThe Kolhapur divisionrsquos tally now stood at 118890 while the fatality count was 4049 The Aurangabad division has reported 76737 cases and 2016 deaths so far he saidThe COVID19 tally in the Latur division stood at 84000 and the death toll at 2484 The Akola Municipal Corporation which had reported 67 cases under its areas on Tuesday recorded 105 cases on Wednesday Similarly cases in Amravati rose from 82 on Tuesday to 230 on Wednesday the official saidThe Nagpur division has reported 214981 cases and 4735 deaths till now Out of the 40 deaths 13 occurred in the last 48 hours 15 in the last week and the remaining 12 were from the period before last week but were added to the fatality count now the official saidWith 58824 tests conducted on Wednesday the state has carried out 15455268 tests so far As many as 195704 people are in home quarantine while1664 people are in institutional quarantineMaharashtras COVID19 figures are as follows Positive cases 2076093 new cases 4787 death toll 51631 discharged 1985261 active cases 38013 people tested so far 15455268This 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