Maharashtra Reports 9,895 COVID-19 Cases, 298 Deaths In 24 Hours

Mumbai alone has 1,05,923 cases, while 55 deaths on Thursday raised the count is 5,930. (File)

Maharashtra registered 9,895 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, taking the state-wide tally to 3,47,502, while 298 more patients died due to the infection, 55 of them in Mumbai, the health department said.

With 298 deaths, the count increased to 12,854, said a statement from the state health department.

It said 6,484 patients were discharged, taking the total recoveries to 1,94,253.

At present, there are 1,40,395 active cases in the state, where so far,17,37,716 people have been tested for the viral disease.

Of the total new cases, Mumbai reported 1,245, Pune city 1,801 and its neighbouring township Pimpri-Chinchwad 950 cases.

Aurangabad city recorded 182 new cases, Nashik city 383 and Solapur city 171.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region recorded 3,972 new cases and 130 deaths.

With this, the total cases in the MMR, which consists of Mumbai city and parts of its adjoining districts, rose to 2,13,950, while the death count shot up to 8,649.

Mumbai alone has 1,05,923 cases, while 55 deaths on Thursday raised the count is 5,930.

Among the worst-hit satellite cities in the MMR, Thane city saw its COVID-19 tally rising to 18,320, while Kalyan- Dombivli has recorded 19,880 cases so far.

The state's COVID-19 recovery rate is 55.9 per cent and the fatality rate 3.7 per cent, the release said.

Currently, 8,74,267 people are in home quarantine and 45,222 in institutional quarantine.

Maharashtra's COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 3,47,502, new cases 9,895, deaths 12,854, discharged 1,94,253, active cases 1,40,395, people tested so far 17,37,716.