Maha: Deaths in MMR cross 18K, state toll zooms past 45K
Covid-19 deaths crossed 18,000 in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and 45,000 for Maharashtra even as the daily fatalities remained high with active cases falling below 1 lakh, health officials said here on Saturday.
The state witnessed 150 deaths - compared with the peak tally of 515 - and the state's fatalities shot past 45,000, from 44,965 to 45,115 now.
The state recorded 3,959 fresh cases - much lower that the peak single-day tally of 24,886 - and the state tally shot up from 17,10,314 to 17,14,273 cases till date.
On the positive side, the state recovery rate increased from 91.35 per cent to 91.53 per cent - while the current mortality rate remained stable at 2.63 per cent.
Simultaneously, another lot of 6,748 fully recovered patients returned home - taking the total from 15,62,342 to 15,69,090 till date - much higher than the 99,151 active cases currently in the state, which dropped below 1 lakh for the first time.
Of the 150 deaths, Pune led the state with 38 fatalities, 32 in Satara, 23 in Mumbai, 16 in Thane, 7 in Nashik, 6 each in Solapur and Sangli, 4 in Nanded, 3 each in Yavatmal and Nagpur, 2 in Latur, 1 each in Raigad, Ahmednagar, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri, Aurangabad, Beed, Bhandara and Chandrapur.