771 new cases take Maha COVID-19 tally to 14,541; 35 more die
Mumbai, May 4 ()Maharashtra's COVID-19 tally onMonday jumped by 771 to 14,541, while 35 more patients died -18 of them in Mumbai - taking the toll to 583, said a statehealth department official.
Confusion prevailed after health officials announcedCOVID-19 tally for the state to be at 14,541 with the additionof 771 new cases on Monday. However, figures did not add up ason Sunday the state tally stood at 12,974 cases.
A senior health official on late Monday night issueda clarification, stating, Maharashtra on Monday reported 771new cases of COVID-19. However, another 796 cases, which weretested earlier but they got verified (later), were added intodays tally, making it 14,541.
Some of the worst-hit cities such as Mumbai, Thane andRaigad had not uploaded their figures till late Monday eveningon the ICMR site because of their huge data size, he said.
"We are still working on the data," the official said.
The state reported 35 fresh deaths.
Out of the 35 deaths, 18 are from Mumbai city, sevenfrom Pune city, five from Akola, one each from Solapur,Aurangabad, Thane and Nanded, he said.
The death of an Uttar Pradesh resident was recorded inMumbai's toll, he added.
s per state authorities, Mumbai city has recorded9,310 cases and 361 deaths so far, he said.
The Thane division, defined by the state healthdepartment as also comprising Mumbai city, has reported atotal of 10,857 cases and 390 deaths so far.
There are 2,226 COVID-19 cases in the Pune divisionwith 122 deaths so far. The Pune city alone has reported 1,796cases and 106 deaths so far.
The Kolhapur division, that covers Western Maharashtraand Konkan, has 60 cases and three deaths followed by theNashik division, 31 cases and 30 deaths, the official said.
The Aurangabad division in central Maharashtra has 375cases of COVID-19 patients along with 11 deaths, while theLatur division has 54 cases and three deaths so far.
There are 229 cases in the Akola division and 17deaths; 180 cases and two deaths in the Nagpur division.
The number of COVID-19 patients from other states whoare receiving treatment here is 29, while five such peoplehave succumbed to the coronavirus infection, the officialsaid.
The state has so far carried out COVID-19 tests of1,76,323 people, of which 1,62,349 were negative and 14,541tested positive.
There are 1,026 active containment zones in the state.
As many as 10,820 health squads have so far completedsurveillance of 47.39 lakh population, he said.
The state has so far discharged 2,465 patients afterrecovery. There are 1,98,042 people in home quarantine, while13,006 are in institutional quarantine, he said.
Maharashtra COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positivecases 14,541, new cases 771, deaths 583, discharged 2,465,active cases 11,493 and people tested so far 1,76,323. NDNSKRSY RSY