MUMBAI: Fresh detections of Covid-19 in the state remained below 1,000 for the fourth consecutive day.
On Sunday, Maharashtra reported 956 cases of coronavirus, taking the state’s cumulative tally to 66,24,300. State officials said that nearly 10 days after Diwali celebrations, no unusual surge has been noted so far. But the situation has to be monitored for another 2-3 weeks.
After a slight rise in deaths seen over the past few days, less than 20 fatalities were reported on Sunday. The Covid-19 toll for the state currently stands at 1,40,583 with an addition of 18 deaths on Sunday. Maharashtra cumulative fatality rate has been consistent at 2.14%.
“We haven’t seen a rise in cases or deaths post-Diwali, but the window is not completely over. We have to watch the situation for another two-three weeks,” said Dr Pradeep Awate, state’s surveillance officer. He added that an average of 1 lakh to 1.25 lakh tests are carried out in Maharashtra daily. “We haven’t seen a rise in daily positivity rate either,” he said.
Mumbai also continued to report less than 300 cases for the fourth day in a row. On Sunday, the city added 264 cases, taking the overall caseload to 7,60,329. Covid-19 deaths in the city have remained in single digits for more than 105 days now. With an addition of two deaths on Sunday, Mumbai’s Covid-19 toll touched 16,292. Both the deceased had comorbidities, a civic official said, adding one of them was a senior citizen and the other in the age group of 40-60 years. Active cases in the state (12,191) as well as in the city (35,80) have been on a steady decline.
Among districts, Raigad has been reporting maximum deaths in the past few days. On Sunday, 11 of the 18 deaths were reported from Raigad. Dr Awate said these were old deaths being added to the state tally.
