Maharashtra Covid lockdown news live: State administers 1,27,079 vaccine in last 24 hours
On Sunday, Maharashtra saw its highest single-day addition of positive cases ever at 68,631, pushing the state’s overall total to 38,39,338. This was the fourth straight day of the state clocking over 60,000 positive cases. The state has recorded an average of 57,000 cases daily in April. The daily count of Covid-19 positive patients in Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) stood at 12,707 on Sunday. The progressive count was 7,22,476 cases. As many as 9,415 Covid-19 patients recovered and were discharged, taking the number of total recoveries to 6,07,597. The daily death count crossed the 100-mark as 116 casualties were reported on Sunday. The total death count has increased to 11,428, stated the daily Covid-19 report issued by the district administration. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates:
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Maharashtra administers 1,27,079 Covid-19 vaccine in last 24 hours
Maharashtra vaccinated 1,27,079 people in the last 24 hours against the Covid-19 in 1,515 sessions, informed the Maharashtra Health Department on Monday. With this, the total number of people vaccinated in the state touched 1,22,83,050. As per state government data, these include 10,67,486 HCWs who have taken the 1st dose and 5,42,627 HCWs who have taken the 2nd dose, 11,13,691 FLWs (1st dose), 3,67,965 FLWs (2nd dose), 87,86,940 first dose beneficiaries and 4,04,341 second dose beneficiaries of more than 45 years old. (ANI)
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Maharashtra tops 1m cases in 18 days; 503 new deaths a 7-mth record
Maharashtra added a million cases in a span of just 18 days in April, making it the fastest addition to the caseload seen thus far in the pandemic. The previous 10 lakh cases took 124 days, underlining the pace at which the infection has spread in the second wave. The state had added 5.93 lakh cases during the September peak last year. READ full story here
As on Sunday, 26,264 active positive patients were in hospital isolation and 77,356 patients asked to isolate at home.
As for recoveries, PMC had maximum recoveries with 4,717 discharged patients, while PCMC had 2,318 recovered patients. The total number of recovered patients in rural areas was 1,860. In municipal councils, 401 Covid-19 patients recovered and 124 patients in cantonments.
Other areas in the region, including councils and cantonments, had 597 and 229 new cases respectively.
Areas under Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) reported 6,434 cases, while PCMC areas reported 2,830 cases. Rural areas reported 2,617 new Covid-19 positive patients.
The progressive count was 7,22,476 cases. As many as 9,415 Covid-19 patients recovered and were discharged, taking the number of total recoveries to 6,07,597. The daily death count crossed the 100-mark as 116 casualties were reported on Sunday. The total death count has increased to 11,428, stated the daily Covid-19 report issued by district administration.
The daily count of Covid-19 positive patients in Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) stood at 12,707 on Sunday.