Photos: Maharashtra reconciles over 3K Covid-19 deaths, India tally jumps

On July 20, Maharashtra reconciled 3,509 Covid-19 deaths resulting in an unexpected jump in the number of India's daily Covid-19 toll which, for the past few days, has been on a steady decline. This was Maharashtra's 14th Covid data reconciliation. India on July 20 recorded 30,093 fresh cases, the lowest in 125 days. Within 24 hours, the daily tally jumped to 42,015. India's overall Covid-19 situation is improving while the country now stands at the crucial juncture between the receding second wave and a possible third wave.

Published on: Jul 22, 2021 4:32 PM IST

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Commuters wearing masks travel on a bus in Mumbai, on July 13. Maharashtra reconciled 3,509 Covid-19 fatalities on July 20, which resulted in a sharp and unexpected jump in the number of India's daily Covid-19 toll which, for the past few days, has been on a steady decline, HT reported. (Rafiq Maqbool / AP)

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Travellers arriving from outstation trains queue up for the mandatory Rapid Antigen Test at Thane railway station, on July 19. The health ministry dashboard on July 21 showed India's daily Covid-19 toll as 3,998, which is a massive jump from 374 deaths reported on July 20. (Praful Gangurde / HT Photo)

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A healthcare worker collects swab samples from passengers arriving from outstation trains for Covid-19 test at Dadar station in Mumbai, on July 21. Not only on July 20, but India's daily Covid-19 toll has now come down to the hundreds from thousands during the peak of the second wave, HT reported. (Pratik Chorge / HT Photo)

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A man walks past a vaccination centre that was shut down due to non-availability of Covid-19 vaccines, at Shatabdi Hospital, Kandivali in Mumbai, on July 21. The rise in the number of daily cases on July 21 also owes to Maharashtra's 14th Covid data reconciliation. After the reconciliation, Maharashtra's positive case tally has increased by 2,479, while the toll has increased by 3,509, HT reported. (Vijay Bate / HT Photo)

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Dark clouds hover over the Bandra-Worli Sea Link bridge in Mumbai on July 17. India on July 20 recorded 30,093 fresh cases, the lowest in 125 days. Within 24 hours, the tally jumped to 42,015. (Punit Paranjpe / AFP)

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A beneficiary gets inoculated against Covid-19 at Rajawadi Hospital, Ghatkopar in Mumbai, on July 17. India's overall Covid-19 situation is improving while the country now stands at the crucial juncture between the receding second wave and a possible third wave. (Pratik Chorge / HT Photo)

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Staff rest after vaccination stopped due to a shortage of Covid-19 vaccine supplies at a vaccination centre in Mumbai, on July 22. Most of the states are seeing a steady decline in the number of daily cases and daily tolls. But Maharashtra, Kerala and the northeastern states are still not out of danger. (Kunal Patil / PTI)

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A man walks under an umbrella amid heavy rain showers at Bandra in Mumbai, on July 21. The rise in the number of cases and deaths on July 21 is however a backlog and not a 24-hour spurt. Maharashtra too has not seen any unnatural increase in infection or death in the last 24 hours. It is not known when the deaths that the state government reconciled on July 20 took place. (Pratik Chorge / HT Photo)