Maharashtra CM calls meeting of Covid-19 task force amid surge in cases
Premium- On Wednesday, Maharashtra recorded 1,081 fresh Covid-19 cases, the highest daily rise after February 24, and zero fatality
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has called a meeting of the Covid-19 task force on Thursday as the state witnessed a sudden spike in Covid-19 cases.
On Wednesday, Maharashtra recorded 1,081 fresh Covid-19 cases, the highest daily rise after February 24, and zero fatality, the state health department has said.
With fresh infections, the state's COVID-19 tally rose to 78,88,167 and the toll to 1,47,860. On Tuesday, the state recorded 711 cases and one COVID-19 fatality.
On February 24, Maharashtra recorded 1,124 infections. Mumbai recorded 739 fresh cases on Wednesday, including ten in the Dharavi slum colony.
The case fatality rate stands at 1.87 per cent and the case recovery rate in the state is now 98.07 per cent.
Maharashtra's active tally of cases now stands at 4,032. Nandurbar, Dhule, Latur, Parbhani, Akola, Buldhana and Gondia have zero active cases.
As many as 524 patients recovered from Covid-19 infection in a span of 24 hours, taking the number of recoveries in Maharashtra to 77,36,275.
With 25,416 tests being conducted in the last 24 hours, the number of the samples tested so far in Maharashtra rose to 8,09,51,360, the bulletin states.