Thane records one new Covid-19 case, active tally at seven

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

Thane district of Maharashtra recorded one new coronavirus positive case, which took its overall tally to 7,47,388, a health official told PTI on Saturday.

With the addition of this case on Friday, there are now seven active cases in the district, he said, adding that the death toll remained unchanged at 11,967.

The recovery figure stood at 7,36,179, the official said.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Friday recorded 23 new cases of coronavirus that raised the tally of infections to 81,36,441, the state health department said.

The toll remained unchanged at 1,48,414, as no fresh fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours, while the count of recoveries reached 79,87,893 after 23 people recovered from the infection, the health department said.

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With 8,370 swab samples tested in the last 24 hours, the total number of tests conducted across the state rose to 8,58,42,380.

As per a report issued by the health department, Mumbai reported the highest nine cases, followed by five cases in Pune circle, three each in Latur and Akola circles and one each in Aurangabad and Nashik circles.

With this, the state has 134 active Covid-19 cases, of which Pune accounts for the highest 56 cases, followed by 37 and seven cases in Mumbai and Thane districts respectively, it stated.

Maharashtra's recovery rate stands at 98.17 per cent and fatality rate is at 1.82 per cent.

According to the state health department, 5,240 beneficiaries were vaccinated against Covid-19 in 1,078 sessions across the state on Thursday.

Of more than 17.76 crore beneficiaries who took the jabs till Thursday, 9.16 crore have taken the first dose and 7.65 crore have been administered the second dose and 94,31,341 have taken the precautionary shot, it said.

(With inputs from PTI)