Aurangabad, May 4 (UNI) Covid situation continues to remain grim in the eight districts of the Marathwada region in Maharashtra as the region recorded the highest spike of 6,649 Covid positive cases and 135 fatalities in the past 24 hours, according to the health authorities.
Details from all the district headquarters collected by UNI show that out of the eight districts of the region, Latur district was the worst-affected as it recorded the highest number with 1027 cases and 37 deaths, followed by Aurangabad had 801 cases 31 deaths, Nanded had 702 cases and 25 deaths, Osmanabad with 814 new cases and 13 deaths, Beed 1256 cases and 11 deaths, Parbhani had 917 cases and 12 deaths, Jalna registered 898 cases and 5 deaths and Hingoli 234 cases and 2 deaths.
Meanwhile, during the past 24 hours, 48,627 fresh cases of COVID-19 were recorded across the state, mounting the total number of infections to 47,71,022.
The state also registered 567 more deaths, taking the death toll to 70,851.
Meanwhile, a record 59,500 patients were recovered in the state, taking the total number of recoveries to 40,41,158.
The state's recovery rate currently stands at 84.7 per cent and the fatality rate is 1.49 per cent.
At present, there are 6,56,870 active patients across the state undergoing treatment at different COVID-19 centres and hospitals, they added.
In view of the rising number of cases, the state government has extended strict restrictions in the state till May 15 under the initiative of 'break the chain’, exempting emergency services.
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