COVID-19: Mumbai on edge as tally crosses 70,000-mark

Maharashtra's COVID-19 tally on Thursday increased by 4,841 cases, a new single-day spike taking the count to 1,47,741, while the death toll rose to 6,931. Mumbai reported 1,365 new cases and 58 deaths since Wednesday evening and the total number of cases crossed 70,000 in the city.

Mumbai:The number of coronavirus cases in the country's financial capital crossed 70,000 while the death toll due to the pandemic exceeded 4,000 on Thursday.

In a new-single day spike in Maharashtra, the count reached to 1,47,741 and death toll rose to 6,931.

The state also reported deaths of 192 more patients, taking the total fatalities to 6,931. Out of these, 109 deaths took place in the last 48 hours, while the remaining 83 occurred earlier.

Mumbai's COVID-19 Tally

Also, 3,661 patients were discharged from hospitals in the state, taking the number of recoveries to 77,453, the official said.

Mumbai's Death Toll

With this, the number of active patients in the state stood at 63,342.

Currently, 5,56,428 people are in home quarantine and 33,952 people in institutional quarantine, said the official.

The Nashik division has recorded 6,935 cases and 463 deaths so far.

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The Pune division has reported 21,346 cases of COVID- 19 with 937 deaths. These include 14,901 cases from Pune city alone and 561 deaths.

There are 1,813 cases in the Kolhapur division and 46 deaths, he said.

The Aurangabad division has 4,851 cases and 228 deaths while the Latur division has 837 COVID-19 cases and 35 deaths, the official said.

The Akola division has 2,384 cases and 119 deaths while the Nagpur division has 1,740 cases and 15 fatalities.

There are 121 cases of patients from other states in Maharashtra and 23 deaths, he said.

Maharashtra COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 1,47,741 , new cases 4,841 ,deaths 6,931, discharged 77,453, active cases 63,342, people tested so far 8,48,026.

Inputs from Agencies