Maharashtra records 6,753 new cases
The Hindu
State records 167 deaths; recoveries dip to 5,979; spike of 373 infections in Mumbai
Fresh COVID-19 recoveries in Maharashtra dipped again to 5,979, while the State reported 6,753 new cases on Friday, pushing the active case tally to 94,769. As many as 167 deaths took the total toll to 1,31,205, with the case fatality rate rising to 2.09%. The total case tally has reached 62,51,810, while cumulative recoveries have risen to 60,22,485, with the recovery rate at 96.33%. “Of a total of 4,64,46,360 laboratory samples tested thus far, 62,51,810 (with the average case positivity falling incrementally to 13.46%) have returned positive, with over 1.82 lakh samples being tested in the last 24 hours,” said State Surveillance Officer Dr. Pradeep Awate.
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