With 47 fresh cases of deadly novel coronavirus reported on Saturday, Maharashtra's confirmed cases have now jumped to 537, according to the figures released by state's Health Ministry. At 307, positive coronavirus cases, Mumbai has emerged as coronavirus hotspot not just in Maharashtra but across the country. Most of the fresh cases in Maharashtra have surfaced from Mumbai i.e. 28 while 15 from Mumbai metropolitan region and Thane (excluding Mumbai), 2 in Pune and 1 each from Amravati and Pimpri-Chinchwad.
Maharashtra has so far seen 26 deaths due to coronavirus disease while 50 people have managed to beat the virus. Mumbai, India's commercial capital, is followed by Pune with 70 coronavirus positive cases so far. Mumbai also leads the death count in Maharashtra with 19 people losing their fight against COVID-19. In total, around 17 Maharashtra districts have so far been affected by the coronavirus outbreak.
Current Report of COVID-19-Maharashtra
| Sr.No |
District/ M.Corporation |
Cases |
Death |
| 1 |
Mumbai |
307+ |
19 |
| 2 |
Pune (City and Rural) |
72 |
2 |
| 3 |
Sangli |
25 |
0 |
| 4 |
Municipal Corporations in Thane division ( Other than Mumbai ) |
70 |
3 |
| 5 |
Nagpur |
16 |
0 |
| 6 |
Ahemadnagar |
20 |
0 |
| 7 |
Buldhana |
5 |
1 |
| 8 |
Yavatmal |
4 |
0 |
| 9 |
Satara |
3 |
0 |
| 10 |
Aurangabad |
3 |
0 |
| 11 |
Kolhapur |
2 |
0 |
| 12 |
Ratnagiri |
2 |
0 |
| 13 |
Sindhudurg |
1 |
0 |
| 14 |
Gondia |
1 |
0 |
| 15 |
Nashik |
1 |
0 |
| 16 |
Osmanabad |
1 |
0 |
| 17 |
Washim |
1 |
0 |
| 18 |
Jalgaon |
1 |
1 |
| 19 |
Other state Gujrat |
1 |
0 |
| |
TOTAL |
537 |
26 |
The state health department said that six people died due to novel coronavirus on Friday in Maharashtra. Out of 12,858 laboratory samples collected in Maharashtra, 11,968 were negative and 490 have been tested positive for novel coronavirus until today. At least 38,398 people are in home quarantine and 3,072 people are in institutional quarantine, a department official said.
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