Covid: Mumbai deaths again highest, state’s cases nearing 1.5 mn

Mumbai, Oct 4 : Maharashtra’s Covid-19 cases neared the 1.5 million mark even as Mumbai fatalities bounced back to the top slot along with Satara, health officials said here on Sunday.
The state witnessed 326 deaths on Sunday, down from the peak of 515 (September 15), and the death toll zoomed from 37,758 to 38,084 now.
With another 13,702 new infections, – nearly 11K lower than the peak single-day tally of 24,886 (September 11) – the state total shot up from 14,30,861 to 14,43,409 cases till date.
In a relief, the state recovery rate also shot up for the third day – from 79.03 per cent to 79.64 per cent – while the current mortality (death) rate stood at 2.64 per cent on Sunday.
Against this, 15,048 fully recovered patients returned home taking up the total number of discharged patients from 11,34,555 to 11,49,603 till date – much higher than the 255,281 ‘active cases’ (ill) currently in the state.
As per the figures on Sunday, there was one death roughly every 4.41 minutes and 571 new cases added every hour to the state tally.