Maharashtra reports 425 Covid-19 cases, active caseload over 3,000

Maharashtra Covid tally: Maharashtra on Friday recorded 425 new coronavirus cases, a drop of 269 cases from the day before, and zero deaths.

Maharashtra on Friday recorded 425 new Covid-19 cases with active caseload over 3,000. According to the state health department bulletin, no Covid-related deaths were recorded and the recovery rate stood at 98.14%, reported news agency PTI.

Maharashtra reported 425 Covid-19 cases and active caseload over 3,000. (HT FILE PHOTO)

State capital Mumbai recorded 177 cases on Friday, followed by Pune city which recorded 50 new cases.

On Thursday, the state reported a 63% jump in its daily Covid-19 cases with 694 new infections - the highest since October last year.

The Union health ministry data released today showed that the country saw a single-day rise of 3,095 fresh coronavirus cases, with active caseload crossing the 15,000 mark. The number of people recovered from the disease surged to 44169711, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 %.

The toll has risen to 5,30,867 with five deaths -- one each reported by Goa and Gujarat and three by Kerala -- in a span of 24 hours.

On Thursday, Maharashtra’s Pune reported a higher test positivity rate than the state average, according to health officials. The current weekly test positivity rate in Pune is 11% while that in the state of Maharashtra is 8.16%, officials said. Reportedly, Pune's test positivity rate in the week from March 6 to 12 was 5%, which increased to 9.2% in the week from March 13 to 19, and then 11.1% in the week from March 20 to 25.