Daily Covid toll remains above 20 in Mumbai; Kolhapur sees maximum cases, deaths – Times of India

MUMBAI: The city recorded more than 20 Covid deaths for the fifth day in a row. In the weeks earlier, daily deaths had dropped to an average of 14-16 in the city. Among other districts, Kolhapur recorded the highest cases (1,850) and deaths (40) on Sunday. However, on a positive note, not a single case or death was reported from Malegaon city and Gondia district on Sunday.

Mumbai added 24 deaths and 553 cases on Sunday. Additional municipal commissioner Suresh Kakani said he has asked the medical colleges and major Covid hospitals to analyse the deaths. “We have noticed a marginal rise in deaths. In several cases, we found that critical patients were referred from private hospitals at the last stage,” he added. Nine of those who died were between 40-60 years and 14 patients were above the age of 60.
On Sunday, 123 new deaths and 183 reconciled mortalities were added to push the state’s overall toll to 1,23,030. However, there was a marginal drop in new detections as the state added 9,336 new cases.
Of the total 123 deaths across the state, Kolhapur circle contributed 59 deaths in the last 24 hours. Kolhapur is now the only district with a weekly positivity rate of more than 10%.
The situation seems to be improving in MMR as apart from Mumbai and Raigad (3), 10 other cities did not report a single death. Nagpur circle reported only two deaths.