Maharashtra’s Covid deaths drop, cases on upswing (Roundup)

Mumbai, Nov 21 : Maharashtra’s Covid-19 deaths dropped on Saturday although new cases continued to increase amid apprehensions of a second wave, health authorities said here.
After staying in three-digit figures for three days this week, the state’s Covid deaths dropped to 62 on Saturday, taking the state’s overall death toll to 46,573. Shooting above the 5,000-mark for the fourth day, the state recorded 5,760 new infections on Saturday to take Maharashtra’s Covid tally to 17,74,455 cases till date.
In a heartening development, 28 of the state’s 36 districts recorded zero fatalities, including hotspots like Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Latur, Nanded, Kolhapur, Sangli and Ratnagiri, among others.
For the first time in over a week, the state’s recovery rate dropped marginally, from 92.89 per cent to 92.82 per cent, while the current mortality rate improved slightly to 2.62 per cent after remaining at 2.63 per cent for 11 days in a row.
Simultaneously, another lot of 4,088 fully recovered patients returned home, taking the total number of recoveries to 16,47,004, much higher than the 79,873 active cases currently present in the state.
Of the 62 deaths declared on Saturday, Mumbai led the chart with 17 fatalities, followed by 12 each in Pune and Solapur, 7 each in Nashik and Satara, 4 in Akola, 2 in Buldhana, and 1 in Yavatmal.