Mumbai: A must-see Covid-19 graph Mumbai and Maharashtra Barely 24 hours after registering an increase, cases registered a decline on Thursday. As per the state Covid update, Maharashtra reported 9,195 cases including 656 from Mumbai.
The daily death toll in Maharashtra (252) increased on Thursday after 141 deaths were reported the previous day. Thursday’s toll for the state is the highest in 12 days. 143 deaths out of total 252 deaths Pune Circle, which includes the district and its two corporations and the districts of Solapur and Satara. Of the 143 deaths, 105 have occurred in the Pune Municipal Corporation area. Officials said most of these are chronic deaths which have been added to the total toll on Thursday.
The second Covid wave took a toll on the state – between March 1 and June 30, Maharashtra reported over 38 lakh cases and over 70,000 deaths. The numbers in Mumbai for the same period stood at 4 lakh cases and 4,000 deaths. The toll in Mumbai rose to 21 on Thursday after 25 deaths were reported on Wednesday. For the four days before this, the deaths in the city were less than 20. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation officials said the weekly trends on the number of cases and deaths are more scientific than the daily trends.
“If we conduct more tests on a particular day, we are likely to get more cases,” said an official. Municipal officials on Thursday held a review meeting to discuss ward-wise COVID cases to further reduce the number of cases and fatalities.
At the state level, Kolhapur circle, which includes districts like Kolhapur, Sangli, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg, added 3,266 cases on Thursday as compared to 2,004 cases added by Mumbai circle (metropolitan area) and 2,610 cases added by Pune circle. The Kolhapur clusters have reported the highest number of cases in the last five days; The daily caseload is fluctuating between 2,750 and 3,821. “Districts have been asked to expedite testing, especially the share of RT-PCR in tests,” an official said.
The daily death toll in Maharashtra (252) increased on Thursday after 141 deaths were reported the previous day. Thursday’s toll for the state is the highest in 12 days. 143 deaths out of total 252 deaths Pune Circle, which includes the district and its two corporations and the districts of Solapur and Satara. Of the 143 deaths, 105 have occurred in the Pune Municipal Corporation area. Officials said most of these are chronic deaths which have been added to the total toll on Thursday.
The second Covid wave took a toll on the state – between March 1 and June 30, Maharashtra reported over 38 lakh cases and over 70,000 deaths. The numbers in Mumbai for the same period stood at 4 lakh cases and 4,000 deaths. The toll in Mumbai rose to 21 on Thursday after 25 deaths were reported on Wednesday. For the four days before this, the deaths in the city were less than 20. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation officials said the weekly trends on the number of cases and deaths are more scientific than the daily trends.
“If we conduct more tests on a particular day, we are likely to get more cases,” said an official. Municipal officials on Thursday held a review meeting to discuss ward-wise COVID cases to further reduce the number of cases and fatalities.
At the state level, Kolhapur circle, which includes districts like Kolhapur, Sangli, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg, added 3,266 cases on Thursday as compared to 2,004 cases added by Mumbai circle (metropolitan area) and 2,610 cases added by Pune circle. The Kolhapur clusters have reported the highest number of cases in the last five days; The daily caseload is fluctuating between 2,750 and 3,821. “Districts have been asked to expedite testing, especially the share of RT-PCR in tests,” an official said.
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