A record 1,233 COVID-19 cases take Maha tally to 16,758

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Mumbai, May 6 () Maharashtra on Wednesday reporteda staggering 1,233 COVID-19 cases - a new single-day high -taking the tally to 16,758, while 34 more patients died - 25of them in Mumbai - raising the toll to 651, said a statehealth department official.

This was second time in a week that the state hasreported new COVID-19 cases in four digits in a single day, hesaid.

The previous one-day high was 1,008 cases, reported onMay 1.

The state, the worst-hit by the viral disease in thecountry, also recorded death of 34 more patients, taking thetoll to 651, said the official.

Out of the 34 deaths, 25 were from Mumbai city, threeeach from Pune city and Akola city, one each from Jalgaon cityand Solapur city, he said.

A Uttar Pradesh resident, undergoing treatment forCOVID-19 in the state, has also died, the official said.

As per state authorities, Mumbai city has recorded10,714 cases and 412 deaths so far.

With this, Mumbai city, the worst affected by thedisease in Maharashtra, also crossed the 10,000-case mark.

The Thane division, defined by the state healthdepartment as also comprising Mumbai city, has reported atotal of 12,716 cases and 441 deaths so far.

Except reports of the BMC, the data cleaning processof all districts and municipal corporations in Maharashtra hasbeen completed as per the Union governments instructions.

"There has been an increase in the cumulative figuresbecause laboratory reports are being scrutinised and statefigures are subjected to change, the official said.

There are 2,351 COVID-19 cases in the Pune divisionwith 132 deaths so far. Of these, Pune city alone has reported1,861 cases and 115 deaths.

The Kolhapur division, that covers Western Maharashtraand Konkan, has 71 cases and four deaths followed by theNashik division, 632 cases and 31 deaths, the official said.

The Aurangabad division in central Maharashtra has 441cases of COVID-19 patients along with 12 deaths, while theLatur division has seen 54 cases and three deaths so far.

There are 273 cases in the Akola division and 20deaths; 188 cases and two deaths in the Nagpur division.

The number of COVID-19 patients from other states whoare receiving treatment here stood at 32, while six suchpeople have succumbed to the coronavirus infection, theofficial said.

The state has so far carried out COVID-19 tests of1,90,879 people, of which 1,73,838 tested negative and 16,758positive, he said.

There are 1,048 active containment zones in the state.

As many as 11,692 health squads have so far completedsurveillance of 51.14 lakh population, he said.

The state has so far discharged 3,094 patients afterrecovery.

There are 2,11,112 people in home quarantine andanother 13,107 in institutional quarantine, he said.

Maharashtra COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positivecases 16,758, new cases 1,233, deaths 651, discharged 3,094,active cases 13,013, people tested so far 1,90,879. NDRSY RSY