Maha COVID-19 tally crosses 9000 with 729 new cases, 31 deaths
With 31 patients dying, the death toll due to thepandemic reached 400, said a state health official.
Maharashtra COVID-19 figures are, thus, as follows:Positive cases 9,318, new cases 729, deaths 400, discharged1,388, active cases 7,530 and people tested so far 1,29,931.
Mumbai city alone reported increase of 393 COVID-19cases on Tuesday taking its tally to 6,169. The state capitalhas reported deaths of 244 patients so far .
Overall, the Thane division, which includes Mumbai andsurrounding areas, has reported 7,223 cases and 263 deaths sofar.
There are 1,288 cases of COVID-19 in Pune divisionwith 89 deaths so far. Pune city has reported 1,044 cases and76 deaths to date.
The Kolhapur division that covers Western Maharashtraand Konkan has 48 cases and two deaths, followed by Nashikdivision reporting 313 cases and 27 deaths, the healthofficial said.
The Aurangabad division in central Maharashtra hasreported 108 cases of COVID-19 along with six deaths, whileLatur division has reported 19 cases and one death so far.
There are 155 cases in Akola division and nine deathswhile 139 cases and one death in Nagpur division.
The number of COVID-19 patients from other states whoare receiving treatment in Maharashtra is 25 while two havesuccumbed to coronavirus infection, the official said.
Though the state reported 31 deaths on Tuesday, thehealth official maintained that some of the deaths took placebetween April 20 and 27 but were cumulatively mentioned inTuesday's report.
Four deaths in Jalgaon were from the last four days,the official said.
"Out of 31 deaths, 25 are from Mumbai city, four fromJalgaon and two from Pune city," he said.
There are 664 active containment zones in the state.9,361 official squads have so far completed surveillance of38.30 lakh population.
Further, 1,388 patients were discharged from hospitalsafter recovery.
1,55,170 people were placed in home quarantine while9,917 are in institutional quarantine, the official said. NDKRK KRK