One new Covid-19 case in Thane; active tally at 10

A health worker collects a swab sample for Covid-19 test. File Pic

Maharashtra's Thane district has reported one new Covid-19 case, taking its infection tally to 7,47,461, a health official told news agency PTI on Thursday.

With the addition of the latest case on Wednesday, the district currently has 10 active Covid-19 cases, he said.

No fatality was reported on Wednesday and the death toll in Thane remained unchanged at 11,969. The count of recoveries stood at 7,36,250, the official said.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Wednesday reported 17 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking the overall tally to 81,37,327, while no new death linked to the infection was registered in the state, the health department said.

The state's coronavirus death toll remained unchanged at 1,48,421.

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Maharashtra is now left with 87 active cases after 19 patients recovered from the respiratory illness during the day, taking their cumulative count to 79,88,819, said the department in a bulletin.

The coronavirus recovery rate in the state was 98.17 per cent, while the fatality rate stood at 1.82 per cent.

The Mumbai administrative circle reported seven cases followed by four in Latur, two each in Akola, Pune, one each in Nagpur and Aurangabad circles, said the bulletin.

An administrative circle consists of multiple districts.

With 6,973 coronavirus tests carried out in the state in the past 24 hours, their cumulative figure reached 8,63,62,924, the department said.

(With inputs from PTI)