Maharashtra records its lowest single-day spike since April 2020

Mumbai: Maharashtra on Sunday recorded its lowest single-day tally of Covid-19 cases since April 2020 with 362 new positive reports

Mumbai: Maharashtra on Sunday recorded its lowest single-day tally of Covid-19 cases since April 2020 with 362 new positive reports. The state added three fatalities, taking the overall death toll to 143,740. Meanwhile, Mumbai reported 43 cases with 0.2% positivity rate, which is lowest since March 2020, according to Iqbal Chahal municipal commissioner, BMC.

In the last 24 hours, the state tested 66,698 samples and had a positivity rate of 0.54%. (Praful Gangurde / HT Photo)

The state’s active case count too has dropped under 4000-mark to 3,709 on Sunday. Mumbai on Sunday reported one Covid-19 death after reporting zero deaths consecutively for nine days.

The overall Covid-19 toll tally stood at 16,692 on Sunday. So far, the city did not report any Covid-19 deaths in March. The city’s recovery rate is 98%, and the mortality rate is 1.60%. There are 519 active cases in the city.

In the last 24 hours, the state tested 66,698 samples and had a positivity rate of 0.54%. Overall, the state had tested 7,82,81,255 samples and had an overall positivity rate of 10.05%. A chunk of the state’s fresh cases on Sunday came from Pune district with Pune city reporting 83 cases, Pune rural adding 48 cases, and Pimpri-Chinchwad clocking 21 cases.

The official added that viral activity is still active due to the Omicron variant, but to a smaller degree than before. Maharashtra also reported 61 new cases of Omicron variant, taking the total tally to 5,726 across the state.

Out of these, 4,733 have been discharged following a negative RT-PCR test. Of the new cases reported on Sunday, 44 were from Pune city, eight from Pimpri Chinchwad, and nine from Pune rural, the data from the health department said.