Maharashtra Reports 22 New Coronavirus Cases, 1 Death; Active Tally At 193

A total of 81,36,252 COVID-19 cases were reported in Maharashtra on Wednesday, while one more patient died from the disease, bringing the total to 848,000.

PTI

Updated on: 14 December 2022 3:40 pm

Maharashtra Reports 22 New Coronavirus Cases, 1 Death; Active Tally At 193

Maharashtra on Wednesday reported 22 new COVID-19 cases, taking the overall tally to 81,36,252, while one more patient succumbed to the infection in the state, pushing up the toll to 1,48,409, said the health department.

A fresh addition to the coronavirus death toll in the state has been reported after a gap of several days.

Maharashtra recorded 27 COVID-19 cases and zero fatalities on Tuesday.

The Mumbai administrative circle reported 11 cases, followed by Pune (6), Latur (3), and Nashik circles (2), said the health department in a bulletin.

The Mumbai circle reported the lone coronavirus-related death, it said.
An administrative circle consists of multiple districts and the state has eight such circles.

With 9,219 swab samples tested in the last 24 hours, their cumulative number in the state rose to 8,57,76,957, said the bulletin.
The number of recoveries increased to 79,87,650 after 24 patients recuperated from the infection during the day, leaving the state with 193 active cases, it said.

Of the 193 active COVID-19 cases, the highest - 69 - are in Mumbai, followed by 64 and 19 in Pune and Thane districts, respectively, among other districts.

Maharashtra's coronavirus recovery rate was 98.17 per cent, while the fatality rate stood at 1.82 per cent.?

Coronavirus figures of Maharashtra are as follows: Positive cases 81,36,252; fresh cases 22; death toll 1,48,409; recoveries 79,87,650; active cases 193; total tests 8,57,76,957.