Maha coronavirus tally mounts to 748; death toll 45

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Mumbai, Apr 5 () Maharashtra on Sunday recorded 113fresh cases of COVID-19, taking the total number of suchpeople to 748 in the state.

Simultaneously, the death toll due to coronavirus roseto 45 with 13 more people succumbing to the infection, aHealth official said.

"Maharashtra today reported 113 positive cases, takingthe total tally to 748," he added.

Of the 113 new cases, 81 are from Mumbai, 18 fromPune, 4 from Aurangabad, 3 from Ahmednagar, two from Kalyan-Dombivli and Thane, one each from Osmanabad and Vasai. Anothercases is from neighbouring Gujarat state, as the infectedperson is undergoing treatment n Maharashtra, he added.

"The minimum age of the 13 new victims is 52 years.All the deceased had pre-existing ailments such as diabetes orhypertension. One patient who was HIV positive died inMumbai's Kasturba Hospital," the official said.

He said at least 11 of the 13 victims had nointernational travel history.

"They seem to have contracted the coronavirusinfection through close contacts," he said, adding that thetravel history of remaining two is being ascertained.

Meanwhile, the coronavirus death toll in Mumbai stoodat 30 while the number of positive cases rose to 458, thehighest in the state.

Pune has recorded 100 positive cases.

"Five deaths were reported in Pune, six in Thaneregion, while one each from Aurangabad, Buldana, Jalgaon andAmravati," said the official.

In Thane region neighbouring Mumbai 82 people havetested positive to coronavirus so far.

The number of new cases are reported from: Sangli(25), Nagpur (17), Ahmednagar (21), Latur (8), Aurangabad (7),Buldana (5), Yavatmal and Osmanabad (4 each), Satara (3),while two each are from Kolhapur, Ratnagiri and Jalgaon, andone each from Sindhudurg, Gondia, Nashik, Washim, Amravati andHingoli, the official said.

At least two persons from Gujarat who have testedpositive are being treated in Maharashtra, he said.

Maharashtra has so far tested 16,008 swab samples ofwhich 14,837 returned negative.

At least 56 people have been recovered from theinfection and discharged, he said.

"As a precaution, Maharashtra has put 46,586 peopleunder home quarantine while 3,122 under institutionalquarantine," he said.

The number of people returned from Nizamuddin Markazin Delhi and who have tested positive remained unchanged at 7.

However, five new cases infected by them wee detectedon Sunday.

A total of 3078 teams are working across the statetowards cluster containment while surveillance of more than 10lakh people is completed. ND GK NPNSK NSK