| A MCD worker sprays disinfectant at a bus stand after MSRTC starts intra-district bus services, in Karad. File | Photo Credit: PTI |
Maharashtra’s cumulative COVID-19 case tally breached the 50,000 mark on Sunday, with the State reporting a massive surge of 3,041 cases — its highest till date — to touch 50,231, while 58 more deaths saw the total death toll surge to 1,635.
Of the cumulative cases, 33, 988 are currently active, with as many as 1,196 patients being discharged today to take the total discharged after effecting full recovery to 14, 600, said State Health Department officials.
Having crossed the cumulative tally mark of 40,000 total cases on May 21, it took the State barely 72 hours to breach the 50,000 cases number.
The State’s cumulative cases and death toll are the highest in the country, with its share of total cases accounting for more than 30% of the country’s total number of cases, and its fatalities accounting for more than 40% of India’s COVID-19 deaths.
Of the new cases reported today, Mumbai city recorded a staggering 1,725 of them, to breach the 30,000-case mark as its total case tally soared to 30,251.
On May 17, Maharashtra reported its erstwhile highest single-day case rise of 2,347 cases. Since then, it has reported six consecutive 2,000-cases-a-day surges, now superseded by today’s spike.
According to available data, 39 of the fatalities today were reported from Mumbai city as the city’s death toll shot to 988, while six deaths each were reported from Pune and Solapur districts. Four other fatalities were reported from Aurangabad, among other parts of the State.
While Pune’s death toll, as per State Health Department figures, has risen to 263, Pune district authorities said that the figure had risen to 267.
The death toll for Solapur, another hotspot in the Pune division, has now risen to 41, despite Pune divisional authorities stating that the actual toll had risen to 46.
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