Covid-19: Maharashtra reports 2,956 new cases, 4 deaths

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On Tuesday, Maharashtra recorded 2,956 fresh cases of Covid-19 and four new deaths. The active tally crossed the 18,000-mark, the health department said. On Monday, the state had recorded 1,885 cases and one fatality.

With these additions, the state's Covid-19 tally reached 79,15,418, while the death toll increased to 1,47,875, the department said in a bulletin.

The coronavirus recovery rate in the state stood at 97.90 per cent. Nandurbar is the only district with no active case of Covid-19 as of now.

Two patients of BA.5 sub-variant (of Omicron strain) of SARS-CoV2, which causes Covid-19, were reported from Thane, the bulletin said. One of the patients is a 25-year-old woman and the other is a man aged 32 and they have been vaccinated against coronavirus, it said.

These patients were found to be infected with Covid-19 on May 28 and 30 and both of them recovered in home isolation, the department said.

According to information given by Pune's B J Medical College, in WGS (whole genome sequencing) of recent samples in the state, BA.2 (sublineage) was the most prominent variant of Covid-19 followed by BA.2.38, it said. The case fatality rate in the state was 1.86 per cent.

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Mumbai recorded 1,724 fresh cases, accounting for a bulk of the statewide infections, and two fatalities. The remaining two coronavirus-related deaths in the state were reported from Vasai-Virar (located in Mumbai's outskirts) and Satara district, the bulletin said.

(with inputs from PTI)