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

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

One new case of coronavirus has been detected in Maharashtra's Thane district, taking its infection count to 7,47,452, a health official told news agency PTI on Thursday.

With the addition of the latest case on Wednesday, there are currently four active Covid-19 cases in the district, which comes under the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, he said.

The death toll in the district remained unchanged at 11,969 and the recovery count stood at 7,36,245, he added.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Wednesday reported 15 fresh coronavirus cases while no new death linked to the infection was registered, the health department said.

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With this, the state's overall Covid-19 tally rose to 81,37,241 while the death toll remained unchanged at 1,48,421, said a health department bulletin.

The state's coronavirus recovery rate stood at 98.18 per cent, while the case fatality rate was 1.82 per cent.

The bulletin said 13 patients recovered from the coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, taking their cumulative count to 79,88,737, leaving the state with 81 active cases.

It said 8,368 tests were conducted in the state in the last 24 hours which raised the number of cumulative tests to 8,63,17,533.

(With inputs from PTI)