Maharashtra records 9,350 new Covid cases, 388 deaths

Maharashtra has a total number of 138,361 active Covid-19 cases, of which Pune is leading with 17,623 cases, followed by Mumbai with 17,519

The state on Tuesday recorded 9,350 new Covid-19 cases and 388 deaths. However, Pune continued to clock the highest number of active cases as well as fatality rate in Maharashtra.

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Maharashtra has a total number of 138,361 active Covid-19 cases, of which Pune is leading with 17,623 cases, followed by Mumbai with 17,519.

Similarly, in terms of fatalities, of the total 114,154 deaths, Pune leads with 15,593, followed by Mumbai with 15,216.

Till now, Mumbai was leading in the number of deaths, however, this changed on June 13 when Pune recorded 15,187 deaths, while Mumbai recorded 15,183. For the last two days, Pune has continued to record a higher number of deaths than Mumbai.

Since the outbreak of Covid-19 last year, Pune has recorded 17% of the total cases in Maharashtra with a caseload of 1,037,780, of the total 5,924,773 in the state.

Dr Subhash Salunkhe, who is the advisor for the government of Maharashtra on Covid-19 management, and a resident of Pune, said, “Even before Mumbai, Pune had travellers coming from the Middle East and China, who were infected with Covid-19. They infected the locals and it subsequently spread to the semi-urban and rural pockets.”