COVID-19 fatalities and new cases recorded a sharp hike in Maharashtra though the Mumbai situation improved. The number of new COVID infections crossed the 50,000 level again.
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‘The number of new COVID infections crossed the 50,000 level again, at 51,880, taking the state tally to above the 48 lakh mark, to 48,22,902.’
The Mumbai position was a relief with the infections falling further to 2,554, taking the tally to 661,175. Daily deaths came down, from 78 on Monday to 62 now, and the total fatalities in the country's commercial capital stood at 13,434. For the third day, the state death rate remained stable at 1.49 per cent, while the number of active cases decreased to 641,910.
As many as 65,934 fully cured patients returned home - higher than the number of fresh infections on Tuesday - taking the total to 41,07,092 now, and the recovery rate improved from 84.07 per cent on Monday to 85.16 per cent now.
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Of the day's fatalities, Nagpur led with 107 deaths, while there were 72 in Thane, 62 in Mumbai, 53 in Pune, 52 in Nashik, 42 each in Ahmednagar, Solapur, and Chandrapur, 38 each in Jalgaon and Kolhapur, 36 in Nanded, 30 in Sangli, 29 in Raigad, 23 in Nandurbar, 22 in Jalna, 20 each in Amravati and Wardha, 16 in Gadchiroli, 15 each in Ratnagiri and Latur, 14 each in Satara and Osmanabad, 13 in Yavatmal, 11 in Bhandara, 10 in Aurangabad, nine in Parbhani, eight each in Sindhudurg, Beed, and Akola, seven each in Washim and Gondia, six in Hingoli, and two in Palghar.
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Meanwhile, the number of people sent to home isolation increased to 39,36,323 now, while those shunted to institutional quarantine went up to 30,356.
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