Maharashtra Records Over 8,000 COVID-19 Cases, Positivity Rate At 3.67%

Coronavirus: Maharashtra's capital Mumbai reported 435 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the tally in the city to 7,32,582.

Maharashtra on Wednesday reported 8,159 fresh COVID-19 cases and 165 deaths which took the state's infection tally to 62,37,755 and death count to 1,30,918, the health department bulletin said. The number of COVID-19 cases and deaths recorded today are higher than those of yesterday when the state had reported 6,910 cases and 147 deaths. This shows an increase of 1,249 COVID-19 cases than yesterday and an increase of 18 Covid related deaths. The positivity rate in the state- the percentage of all Covid tests performed that turn out to be positive- currently stands at 3.67 percent in the state, the bulletin said. As many as 7,839 patients were discharged from the hospitals on Wednesday pushing the total number of recoveries in the state to 60,08,750. The recovery rate in the state now stands at 96.33 per cent.