Maharashtra Reports 86 Fresh Covid-19 Cases, Caseload Rises To 959 Since Jan

Four patients have died in the state since Monday with Nagpur reporting two deaths, while Chandrapur and Miraj recorded one fatality each.

26 Covid cases have been reported from Mumbai, 24 from Pune city, 9 from Thane city and 6 from Navi Mumbai.

Source : PTI

Mumbai: A total of 86 new coronavirus positive cases were detected in Maharashtra on Tuesday, taking the number of infections since January 1 this year to 959, the health department said.

Of these patients, 435 have recovered so far, while active cases are 510.

Four patients have died in the state since Monday with Nagpur reporting two deaths, while Chandrapur and Miraj recorded one fatality each, it said.

Of the 86 new positive cases 26 were from Mumbai, 24 from Pune city, 9 from Thane city, 6 from Navi Mumbai, 1 each from Kalyan and Ulhasnagar, 3 from Pimpri Chinchwad, 2 each from Kolhapur and Nagpur and 4 from Sangli, among others.

Of the total number of 509 cases reported in Mumbai since January, 503 were recorded in May alone.

From January, a total of 14 patients in the state have succumbed to the viral infection, 13 of whom were suffering from comorbidities.

They suffered from various diseases, including nephrotic syndrome with hypocalcemic seizures, cancer, diabetic ketoacidosis, interstitial lung disease, cardiac arrhythmia, Parkinson's disease. One of them was a 47-year-old woman, who had symptoms of fever and shortness of breath.

The number of COVID-19 tests conducted in the state since January is 12,880 and after testing positive, regular treatment is being given to these patients, it said.

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