Mumbai records 73 Covid-19 cases, Maharashtra sees 675

A beneficiary is being administered with a Covid-19 vaccine at BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai Central. Pic/Ashish Raje

Mumbai on Monday reported 73 Covid-19 cases, and zero deaths, while Maharashtra recorded 675 new coronavirus cases including 104 Omicron infections and five pandemic-related deaths on Tuesday, the health department said.

The state's Covid-19 caseload rose to 78,66,380, and death toll reached 1,43,706. On Monday, Maharashtra had reported 407 new cases and four deaths.

Of 104 new Omicron infections, 41 were reported from Pune city, 12 from Sindhudurg district, 14 from Aurangabad, 11 from Mumbai, eight from Jalna and Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, five from Thane Municipal Corporation, three from Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation and two from Satara.

A total of 4,773 Omicron infections have been found in the state so far. Of them, 4,509 patients have recovered. As many as 1,225 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the number of discharged patients to 77,12,568. The number of active cases in the state stands at 6,106.

Pune reported 128 cases. Of eight administrative circles or regions (each comprising several districts), Pune region recorded 290 new cases, followed by Nashik (132), Mumbai (125), Nagpur (47), Aurangabad (25), Akola (22), Latur (19), Kolhapur (15). Mumbai and Nashik regions reported two deaths each and Pune recorded one.

The case fatality rate in the state stands at 1.82 per cent. As many as 65,821 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative tests done so far to 7,79,40,925. Currently 1,31,412 people are in home quarantine and 663 people are in institutional quarantine.

78,66,380
Total no. of cases in Maharashtra

73
Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours

0
No. of deaths in city on Tuesday

135
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Tuesday

10,601,437
(Total no. of people administered the first dose)

92,06,370
(No. of people who have taken second dose so far)

1,692
(No. of people who took first dose on Tuesday)

11,935
(No. of people who took second dose on Tuesday)

3,39,315
Total no. of booster doses administered so far

1,173
No. of booster Doses administered on Tuesday