Maharashtra records 9,927 fresh Covid-19 cases; active cases remain above 10k in 3 districts

Maharashtra currently has 95,322 active cases and the case fatality rate in the state is at 2.35%. The state has seen a drop in the number of active cases from Monday when it had 97,637 active cases.

Maharashtra recorded a spike in daily Covid-19 cases as the state reported 9,927 fresh cases in the last 24 hours taking the tally of infected people to 2,238,398. The state recorded 56 deaths in the last 24 hours taking the toll to 52,556.

Travelers coming from other states give swab samples to test for Covid-19 infection, at Thane Railway Station, in this file picture from February 2021. The district has an active caseload over 10,000. ( Praful Gangurde / Hindustan Times)

Maharashtra currently has 95,322 active cases and the case fatality rate in the state is at 2.35%. The state has seen a drop in the number of active cases from Monday when it had 97,637 active cases.

Among the districts which are reporting a rise in the number of active cases, Pune remains at the top with 18,137 active cases but it has recorded a dip from the number of active cases reported earlier on Monday, according to the state’s Covid-19 bulletin. Nagpur which had reported more than 12,000 active cases earlier on Monday also saw its active caseload drop to 11,811.

Aurangabad, Akola and Jalgaon continued to report more than 4,000 active cases for the second day in a row of the week. Jalgaon added 250 new active cases to its caseload compared to yesterday.

Amaravati reported 5,319 active cases on Tuesday, registering a marginal drop from the 5,373 cases reported yesterday. Thane’s active cases remained over 10,000 for the second day in a row as the district recorded a marginal drop in the number of active cases.

The spike in the number of cases can be attributed to the rise in the number of tests. Maharashtra on Monday had recorded 8,744 fresh cases and tested 70,941 people. The state saw a spike of 1,138 cases on Tuesday after conducting 84,088 tests - a rise of 13,147 tests. Maharashtra had reported a substantial drop in the number of cases (2,397 cases) on Monday compared to 11,141 new infections on Sunday.

Mumbai continued to record more than 1,000 fresh cases for a week as the financial hub reported 1,012 new cases on Tuesday. The city reported 1,014 new cases on Monday. Two patients died due to Covid-19 in the city taking the tally to 11,510. The city also did not record any major drop in the number of active cases as the tally remained above 9,500 for the second day in a row.

Maharashtra’s recoveries rose slightly as the state reported 12,182 recoveries compared to 9,068 recoveries recorded on Monday. The recovery rate remains at 93.34%.