Maharashtra Covid-19 deaths rise suddenly by 300 (ROUNDUP)

Mumbai, Nov 4 : After remaining in the lower ranges below 150 for a fortnight, Maharashtra’s Covid-19 deaths suddenly shot up by 300 on Wednesday, though new infections dropped and the recovery rate improved, health officials said here.
The state witnessed 300 deaths, including 175 reconciled fatalities from Pune – though lower compared with the peak of 515 (Sep. 15) – and the state fatalities shot up from 44,248 to 44,548 now.
The state recorded 5,505 fresh cases – much lower that the peak single-day tally of 24,886 (Sep. 11) – and the state tally jumped from 16,92,693 to 16,98,198 cases till date.
The state recovery rate increased from 90.46 percent to 90.68 percent – while the current mortality (death) rate stood at 2.62 per cent.
Simultaneously, another lot of 8,728 fully recovered patients returned home – higher than the fresh infections for the day – taking the total from 15,31,277 to 15,40,005 till date – much higher than the 112,912 ‘active cases’ (ill) currently in the state.
Of the 300 deaths declared (including 175 old deaths), Mumbai led with 29 fatalities, 19 in Pune, 13 in Nagpur, 11 in Thane, 7 each in Nashik, Ahmednagar and Chandrapur, 5 in Solapur, 4 in Sangli, 3 each in Raigad and Satara, 2 each in Palghar, Parbhani, Latur, Yavatmal and Gondia, 1 each in Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Aurangabad, Jalna, Beed, Buldhana and Gadchiroli.