53 more die of COVID-19 in Maha; case count nears 25,000-mark

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Mumbai, May 12 () Maharashtra on Tuesday reported1,026 new COVID-19 cases and 53 deaths, 28 of them in Mumbaialone, taking the overall case count to 24,427 and the numberof fatalities to 921, a health department official said.

Of the total coronavirus cases and deaths recorded sofar in the state, Mumbai alone accounts for 14,947 infectionsand 556 fatalities, he said.

Of the 53 fresh deaths, 28 were reported from Mumbai,six each from Pune and Panvel, five from Jalgaon, three fromJalgaon, three from Solapur city, two from Thane, one eachfrom Raigad, Aurangabad and Akola, the official said.

"With this, the total number of the COVID-19 deaths inthe state has gone up to 921, he said.

Pune, another coronavirus hotspot, has so far reported2,621 cases and 155 deaths, he said, adding the entire Punedivision has reported a total of 3,377 cases and 185 deaths sofar.

The Thane division, which consist of Mumbai city, has18,337 COVID-19 cases and 603 deaths.

The Nashik division has recorded 1,082 cases and 69deaths followed by the Kolhapur division which has reported118 infections and four fatalities, he said.

The tally of coronavirus cases in Aurangabad was 732with 16 deaths. The Latur division, also in Marathwada, hasreported 82 cases and five deaths so far, he said.

The Vidarbha region has reported 383 cases and 26deaths due to COVID-19. Nagpur's tally was 275 cases and threedeaths.

A total of 41 people from other states are currentlyreceiving treatment in Maharashtra while 10 such patients havesuccumbed to the infection so far, the official said.

He said the state has performed 2,21645 tests so farof which 1,95,804 samples were negative and 24,427 testedpositive.

The number of active containment zones in the statestood at 1,289 and 12,923 health squads have completedsurveillance of 54.92 lakh people.

As many as 5,125 patients have been discharged so farafter recovery, he added.

The official said a total of 2,81,655 people arecurrently under home quarantine and another 15,627 underinstitutional quarantine.

Maharashtra COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positivecases 24,427, new cases 1,026, deaths 921, discharged 5,125,active cases 18,381, people tested so far 2,21,645. NDRSY RSY