State’s active cases dip below 4 lakh; rural areas report surge
The Hindu
Nearly 1,000 deaths, 29,911 new COVID-19 cases recorded
Recoveries continued to rise in Maharashtra, with 47,371 patients being discharged on Thursday as opposed to 29,911 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the active case tally further down to 3,83,253. Even as cases in the urban pockets of Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur and Nashik continued to decline, rural areas reported a surge, especially in the districts in the ‘sugar heartland’ as well as Amravati, where the new strains had supposedly originated. Nearly 1,000 deaths were added to the toll, of which 738 had occurred during the last week. Of these, 429 had been recorded over the last 48 hours, as per the State Health Department figures. The total death toll has now risen to 85,355. The State’s total case tally has reached 54,97,448, while its cumulative recoveries have risen to 50,26,308, with the recovery rate rising to 91.43%.
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