Maharashtra reports over 9,000 new Covid-19 cases, 388 more deaths in last 24 hours
The capital city of Mumbai saw 572 new cases and 14 more fatalities on Tuesday. With this, the city’s tally reached 716,351 and so far, 15,216 people have lost their lives to the disease.
Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 9,350 new infections of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) as the state’s tally reached 5,924,773 cases so far, according to the latest data. Also, 388 people succumbed to the infection on the day taking the death toll to 114,154, the data also showed. Apart from the new fatalities, 1070 new deaths were also reconciled to the tally in the last 24 hours.
The capital city of Mumbai saw 572 new cases and 14 more fatalities on Tuesday. With this, the city’s tally reached 716,351 and so far, 15,216 people have lost their lives to the disease.
Daily new recoveries continued to remain above the number of new cases identified on Tuesday. In the last 24 hours, 15,176 patients recovered in the state from the disease and the cumulative recoveries reached 5,669,179 as of date.
Earlier on Monday, less than 10,000 people (8,129 to be exact) tested positive for the disease in a gap of 24 hours and as many as 200 people died.
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Meanwhile, medical workers in Maharashtra tested 202,638 new samples for Covid-19 on the day. This pushed the cumulative samples tested to 38,418,130 , the data also showed.
Among other major cities, Nagpur reported 46 new cases of the coronavirus disease. While three people died of the infection on Tuesday, the city also registered 281 new recoveries. Also, 7,018 samples were tested by health workers in the city, according to the official data.
The Union health ministry’s dashboard on Tuesday showed that 26,228,293 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been administered to beneficiaries in the state as of 7am on the day. Of this, 20,995,275 people received their first dose and 5,233,018 received their second, the data showed.
Earlier on Tuesday, during a press briefing, the ministry said that the average daily new cases and the active caseload in the country have reduced in the past week. Lav Agarwal, joint secretary of the Union health ministry, said that 196 districts across the country are reporting over 100 daily new Covid-19 cases as of the week ending on June 13, 2021. Previously 531 districts were reporting over 100 new cases as of May 4, 2021, the ministry’s data showed.