Keypoints:
- In the last 24 hours, the state recorded 39,923 new Covid-19 cases, the sixth straight day where Maharashtra has witnessed less than 50,000 fresh infections.
- Health Department bulletin has showed that the related death toll has reached 79,552 as the viral disease claimed more 695 lives in this period.
On Friday, Maharashtra’s tally of Covid-19 cases rose to 5,309,215 as 39,923 more people were found positive for Covid-19 in the state. Meanwhile, as per the bulletin, the death toll reached 79,552 as the viral disease claimed more 695 lives in this period.
It has happened for the sixth straight day that the state has logged in less than 50,000 fresh infections in a 24-hour period.
According to the health department bulletin, 53,249 recoveries were recorded too, taking the total number of recoveries to 4,707,980.
The city of Mumbai also saw another fall in its daily cases, with 1,660 infections in the last 24 hours. The city’s death toll rose by 62. Mumbai’s infection tally stands at 684,845, including a death toll of 14,102. The daily count of infections since the beginning of May, has stayed below the 4000-mark.
Amongst all the States and Union Territories, Maharashtra has the highest Covid-19 case load. The state government, on Wednesday, had extended lockdown like curbs till June 1 in order to break the chain of transmission.
Shortage of vaccine doses is being reported from across the state, due to this the government has also decided to divert jabs of both Covid-19 vaccines — Covaxin and Covishield — to be used as second dose for those above the age of 45. The vaccination of those aged 18-44 has been suspended for now.
