The state's Covid tally rose to 81,61,894
Mumbai: On Sunday, Maharashtra recorded 545 new covid-19 cases and two fatalities, the health department informed.
After the new cases were added, the state's Covid-19 tally rose to 81,61,894 and the death counts reached 1,48,504.
A day earlier, Maharashtra recorded 850 cases and four fatalities.
Mumbai saw 141 fresh cases and one fatality while another person died of Covid-19 in Ratnagiri.
The case fatality rate in Maharashtra stands at 1.81 per cent.
A total of 655 patients recovered from coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative recoveries in the state to 80,07,335. The current recovery rate is 98.11 per cent, a health department bulletin said.
The state is now left with 6,055 active cases.
With 8,278 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, the number of samples tested so far in Maharashtra has increased to 8,68,93,709.
The dominant variant of coronavirus in circulation is Omicron XBB.1.16. A total of 789 cases were found to be infected with this variant so far in Maharashtra, while five patients infected by this variant have died, the health department said.
It said since January 1, 2023, 86 Covid-19 deaths have been recorded in Maharashtra.
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