Maharashtra reports over 28,000 new Covid-19 cases, 679 deaths; Mumbai cases dip sharply to 960

The capital city of Mumbai saw less than 1,000 new cases (961 cases to be exact) and 44 new deaths, which pushed the city's tally to 690,023 and the death toll to 14,316.

With 28,438 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Tuesday, the tally in Maharashtra reached 5,433,506. As many as 679 patients lost their lives to the disease in a single day, which pushed the death toll 83,777.

Maharashtra reported 28,438 new Covid-19 cases as the state's tally reached 5,433,506. (PTI)

The capital city of Mumbai saw less than 1,000 new cases (961 cases to be exact) and 44 related deaths, which pushed the city's tally to 690,023 and the death toll to 14,316. Earlier on Monday, the city logged 1,232 new cases and 48 related deaths.

Meanwhile, a bulletin from the health department on the day showed that the state currently 419,727 active cases.

Daily new cases have been witnessing a declining trend in Maharashtra since the past few days. However, Tuesday's tally of 28,438 new cases is a marginal increase over the 26,616 new cases reported on Monday (May 17). Previously, the state had logged 34,389 new cases on Sunday (May 16), 34,848 new cases on Saturday (May 15) and 39,923 new cases on Friday (May 14).

As many as 52,898 patients recovered from the disease on the day, in line with the trend of daily recoveries exceeding the single-day infections in the state. So far, 4,927,480 people have recovered from Covid-19 in the state with a recovery rate of 90.68%, data from the government showed.

The data also showed that 250,310 samples were tested for the diseases on Tuesday. With this, medical workers in the state have tested 31,588,717 Covid-19 samples.

In terms of the active caseload, Pune with 72,089 active cases remains the highest contributor to the state's tally. Among other districts, Mumbai (31,790 cases), Thane (28,257 cases), Nagpur (26,794 cases), Solapur (20,154 cases) and Ahmednagar (19,745 cases) account for the most number of active cases.

Covid-19 vaccination drive resumed in selected centres in Mumbai on Tuesday, after a three-day halt, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. According to data from the Union ministry of health and family welfare, 19,833,516 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Maharashtra as of 7am on the day.