Data from the state health department shows that 2,797 new Covid cases were reported in Maharashtra today, 6,383 were cured and 40 deaths were reported. Maharashtra, which is India’s worst-hit state in terms of Covid cases, took its total Covid tally to 78,53,291, while the death toll rose to 1,43,532.
Thursday’s Covid tally saw a slight increase from Wednesday when Maharashtra 2,748 cases and 41 deaths were recorded. Till date, there are total 23,816 active COVID cases in the state.
According to data from the Department of Health, no new cases of Omicron were reported. After the negative RT-PCR test report, so far 3,455 out of the total 4,456 patients infected with Omicron type have been cured.
The recovery rate in the state is 97.82 percent. Around 1,19,536 coronavirus tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, taking their cumulative count to 7,68,76,774.
Slight increase in new covid cases in Mumbai:
Maharashtra capital Mumbai today reported 259 fresh infections, though no deaths were reported in the megacity. With this, the number of active cases in the state has gone up to 1,945. Today’s Covid cases are slightly higher than yesterday when 255 Covid infections were recorded in Mumbai.
The department’s data shows that Pune recorded 450 infections and three deaths.
Over 174.59 Crore Covid Vaccine Doses Administered:
With the administration of more than 34.75 lakh doses (34,75,951) vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 174.24 crores as of 7 am today, as per provisional reports. This feat has been achieved through 1,96,65,024 sessions.
According to the data of the Ministry of Health, 67,538 patients have been cured in the last 24 hours and now the total number of cured patients is 4,19,10,984. As a result, India’s recovery rate is 98.03 percent.
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