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Maharashtra logs 6,740 new Covid-19 cases, 51 fatalities in 24 hours
The new cases took the state tally of coronavirus infections to over 6.1 million and the fresh fatalities pushed the death toll to 123,136, the data from the Covid-19 dashboard of the state showed.
Maharashtra on Monday recorded less than 7000 fresh cases of coronavirus disease for the first time since June 28 after 6740 people tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the state health bulletin showed. The new Covid-19 cases have now taken the state's tally to over 6.1 million and the 51 fresh fatalities pushed the death toll to 123,136, the data from the Covid-19 dashboard of the state showed.
More than 9000 people were detected to be infected with the virus on Sunday, as per the data. In addition to the 51 deaths reported the previous day, 55 more were reconciled to the state data on Monday. The new deaths on Monday dropped by more than half, as on Sunday 123 people succumbed to Covid-19 in 24 hours.
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The active caseload of the state now stands at 116,827 and the case positivity rate of the state is at 3.98 per cent, according to the data. The fall in the daily cases on Monday comes in the backdrop of reduced testing, as 169,517 tests were done in the last 24 hours as compared to 222,063 on Sunday, official data showed. Maharashtra has conducted more than 42 million tests so far since the beginning of the pandemic to detect the spread of the disease.
Over 13,000 patients recovered from Covid-19 on Monday, taking the recoveries in the state to 5,861,720 so far, data showed. There has been a massive rise in recoveries since the last day, as only more than 3000 patients recovered on Sunday.
Mumbai, the state capital, on Monday logged 486 fresh Covid-19 cases, while 10 lives were lost to the coronavirus disease, as per the data. The new fatalities pushed the death toll of the financial capital of the country to 15,554. The case positivity rate of Mumbai on Monday stood at 1.59 per cent. On Sunday Mumbai recorded more than 500 new cases and 24 deaths from Covid-19.
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