Maharashtra’s Covid cases below 10,000, Mumbai tally less than 800 – Times of India

MUMBAI: Daily Covid-19 detections in Maharashtra continued to remain under 10,000 for the fourth day in a row even as deaths dropped below 200 in the last 24 hours, after Saturday’s toll of 257. Mumbai too registered less than 800 daily cases, while deaths continued to be up to 20 for the ninth day in a row.

The state recorded 9,361 cases on Sunday, a marginal rise from 8,912 cases on Saturday, taking the total caseload to 59.7 lakh. It also added 190 recent deaths and 415 reconciled ones to push the state’s overall mortality numbers to 1,17,961. Mumbai’s cumulative tally has reached 7,20,013 with the addition of 747 cases. It was a marginal jump for the city from 676 cases reported on Saturday.
On the positive side for the city, deaths have remained up to 20 since June 11 when 24 fatalities were reported. The city’s overall toll has now touched 15,298 after 19 deaths were reported on Sunday. Of the 19, 15 had comorbidities. Nine deaths were above the age of 60 years and seven deaths were between 40 to 60 years. The active cases in the state reduced to 1,32,241 from 1,32,597, while Mumbai has 18,591 persons under treatment, a slight dip from 18,788 on Saturday.
Additional municipal commissioner Suresh Kakani said the city was clocking nearly 30,000 tests daily.
A few rural areas are yet to control the disease spread, though. Ratnagiri reported 761 daily cases, highest in the state, and more than Mumbai-suburban combined, while Satara registered 728 new cases and Kolhapur 725. Six districts recorded two-digit death figures— Ratnagiri (26), Satara (23), Kolhapur (21), Sindhudurg (13) and Nashik (10). The recovery rate of the state has improved slightly to 95.76% from 95.44% in a week (June 13).