MUMBAI: After reporting over 8,000 cases for five days in a row, the state reported a dip in Covid-19 daily detections and fatalities on Monday. Even Mumbai reported fewer than 1,000 cases and single- digit fatalities.
Maharashtra reported 6,397 cases and 30 deaths on Monday, taking its total caseload to 21,61,467 and the death toll to 52,184. The cases reported were 23% lower than the cases added on Sunday. Officials said the dip in cases is due to the decrease in testing during the weekend and delay in uploading data over the weekend.
The BMC registered 855 cases and four deaths as against 1,051 cases and five deaths the previous day. With this, the total caseload in the city rose to 3,26,772 and the toll to 11,479. All four deaths were of patients who were above the age of 60 years and of the four, three had co-morbidities, said the BMC note.
With coronavirus cases going up in the city since last week, the doubling rate has dropped to 244 days andthe rate of recovery continues to be at 93%; the overall weekly growth rate of cases in the last week was 0.28%.
The BMC has been carrying out 20,000 tests on an average every day in the last few days, but on Sunday it conducted only 16,441 tests. Dr Pradeep Angre, dean of BMC’s Covid field hospital in Mulund, said until 10 days ago, he had an occupancy of less than 100 beds. “There is a definite rise in number of cases as we now have 299 admitted patients,” he said. While most patients are not critical, he said the admissions are steadily rising.
Thane saw a notable drop of nearly 40% in cases on Monday.
Kalyan-Dombivli on Monday reported 173 fresh patients and three deaths. Presently the twin city has 1,678 active patients who are undergoing treatment while so far, 60,441 patients have been discharged. The recovery rate there was 96%.
At the state level, the highest cases were reported from the Mumbai circle (1,627), while the highest deaths were reported from Akola circle (12), which includes districts like Amravati, Yavatmal and Akola.
Active cases are on the rise in the state. A total of 5,754 people recovered on Monday, taking the total number of people recovered to over 20.3 lakh. There are 77,618 people under treatment for Covid-19 in the state, of which 8,294 are in Mumbai. Nearly 47% of the total active cases in the country are from the state.