Maharashtra reports 30 Covid-19 cases; active tally 164

With no fresh fatalities in the last 24 hours, the Covid-19 death toll remained unchanged at 1,48,417, a health department report said

Maharashtra on Saturday reported 30 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking the overall tally to 81,36,663, as per a health department report.

The state is now left with 164 active cases.

With no fresh fatalities in the last 24 hours, the Covid-19 death toll remained unchanged at 1,48,417, it said.

A day before, Maharashtra reported 18 cases and nil fatalities.

The number of recoveries so far in the state rose to 79,88,082 with 38 patients discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, as per the report.

With 12,917 swab samples tested in the last 24 hours, the count of tests conducted so far in the state went up to 8,59,30,720.

Among the 30 Covid-19 cases, Pune logged the highest number of 19 infections, followed by four cases each from the Nagpur circle and Mumbai circle, two from

Nashik circle and one from the Latur circle. Kolhapur, Aurangabad and Akola circles did not report any fresh cases.

Also Read: Mumbai reports 2 new Covid-19 cases, active tally at 40

None of the eight circles in the state reported any fresh fatality, as per the report.

At 60, Pune district has the highest number of active cases in the state, followed by 40 in Mumbai and 12 in Thane district.

Maharashtra's current case recovery rate is 98.17 per cent and the fatality rate is 1.82 per cent.

According to the health department, of 1,16,666 passengers who arrived at the international airports in Mumbai, Pune, and Nagpur, 2,373 were subjected to the RT-PCR test, which revealed six of them are Covid-19 positive.

Of these six passengers, three were from Pune, two from Navi Mumbai and one from Goa, the health department said, adding their samples have been sent for genome sequencing.

Coronavirus figures in Maharashtra are as follows: Positive cases 81,36,663; fresh cases 30; death toll 1,48,417; recoveries 79,88,082; active cases 164; total tests: 8,59,30,720.

This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever

"Exciting news! Mid-day is now on WhatsApp Channels Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest news!" Click here!