Maharashtra’s Covid deaths, cases drop again (Roundup)

Mumbai, Nov 10 : Maharashtra’s Covid-19 deaths and cases again plummeted sharply coupled with improved recoveries and drop in the number of active cases, health officials said here on Tuesday.
The state witnessed 110 deaths, including 64 reconciled fatalities, compared to the peak tally of 515 reported on September 15, taking the state’s toll to 45,435.
Maharashtra recorded 3,791 fresh cases – much lower than the peak single-day tally of 24,886 recorded on September 11 – as the state’s Covid tally shot up to 17,26,926.
On the positive side, the state’s recovery rate increased from 91.71 per cent to 91.96 per cent, while the current mortality rate remained stable at 2.63 per cent.
Simultaneously, another lot of 10,769 fully recovered patients returned home, or thrice the number of fresh infections, taking the total number of recoveries to 15,88,091, much higher than the 92,461 active cases currently present in the state.
Of the 110 deaths declared in the past 24 hours (including 64 old fatalities), Mumbai led the chart with 19 deaths, followed by 4 deaths each in Thane, Solapur and Sangli, 3 in Beed, 2 each in Nashik, Nandurbar and Nagpur, 1 each in Raigad, Pune, Satara, Sindhudurg, Latur and Osmanabad.