Maharashtra’s Covid recovery rate crosses 90% (Roundup)

Mumbai, Nov 2 : In a relief, Covid-19 continued to cool in Maharashtra though deaths remained above the 100-mark, but infections dropped and recoveries crossed a milestone 90 per cent, health officials said here on Monday.
The state witnessed 104 deaths on Monday, down from 113 deaths reported on Sunday and much lower compared to the peak of 515 reported on September 15, taking Maharashtra’s Covid death toll to 44,128.
The state recorded 4,009 fresh cases compared to 5,369 new cases on Sunday, much lower than the peak single-day tally of 24,886 reported on September 11, taking Maharashtra’s Covid tally to 16,87,784 till date.
The state’s recovery rate touched a new milestone, increasing from 89.92 per cent to 90.31 per cent, while the current mortality rate stood at 2.61 per cent.
Simultaneously, another lot of 10,225 fully recovered patients returned home – more than double the fresh cases for the day – taking the total number of recoveries to 15,24,304, much higher than the 118,777 active cases currently present in the state.
As per Monday’s figures, there was one death roughly every 14 minutes and 167 new cases added every hour to the state’s tally.