Maharashtra reports 1,553 new Covid-19 cases, 26 deaths Mumbai News – Times of India

Mumbai: Maharashtra The state health department said that 1,553 coronavirus positive cases were reported on Saturday and 26 people died, while 1,682 patients were cured.
new additions pushed COVID-19 In Maharashtra, the number has gone up to 65,89,982, the death toll has gone up to 1,39,760, and the number of recoveries has gone up to 64,16,998, taking the active cases to 29,627 in the state.
The department said in a statement that the recovery rate in Maharashtra is now 97.38 percent and the death rate is 2.12 percent.
With 1,00,944 new tests, the number of samples tested so far in Maharashtra has gone up to 6,09,09,99.
Mumbai city reported 319 new Covid-19 cases and three deaths, taking the caseload to 7,51,293 and fatalities to 16,180.
The Mumbai division reported 582 cases and five deaths, taking the number of infections in the region to 16,91,183 and the toll to 35,395, the department said.
Nashik The division reported 385 new cases, including 230 in Ahmednagar district. In Pune division, 402 infections were seen in Kolhapur division, 119 in Aurangabad division and 35 in Latur division.
In Akola division, Buldhana district reported two cases and not a single death due to Covid-19.
Nagpur division saw four cases, including one in Nagpur district and three in Nagpur city. No fresh Covid-19 death has been reported, the department release said.
Maharashtra’s coronavirus tally is as follows: positive cases 65,89,982, deaths 1,39,760, recoveries 64,16,998, active cases 29,627, total tests 6,09,09,998, tests today 1,00,944.

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