Maharashtra Records 8,085 New Covid Cases, 231 More Deaths

Maharashtra: Mumbai recorded 556 new COVID-19 cases, taking its tally to 7,21,516, while its death count increased to 15,426 with 12 new fatalities.

Maharashtra reported 8,085 new COVID-19 cases and 231 fatalities on Tuesday, taking its caseload to 60,51,633 and death count to 1,21,804, the health department said in a release. As many as 8,623 patients were discharged from hospitals in the 24 hours since Monday evening, pushing the number of recovered patients to 58,09,548. Maharashtra's recovery rate of COVID-19 cases is 96 per cent, while the fatality rate stood at 2.01 per cent. The positivity rate in the state is 14.62 per cent. Currently 6,21,377 people are in home quarantine and 3,584 in institutional quarantine.