 "Maharashtra reports 5,218 new Covid cases in a day; 1,934 in Delhi")
Maharashtra on Thursday reported 5,218 new coronavirus infections and one pandemic-related death, which took the caseload in the state to 79,50,240 and death toll to 1,47,893, a health department report said.
State capital Mumbai reported 2,479 infections.
Daily cases jumped by 60 per cent compared to the previous day. On Wednesday, the state had reported 3,260 cases and three deaths. The number of active cases rose to 24,867, including 13,614 in Mumbai, followed by 5,488 cases in neighbouring Thane and 2,443 cases in Pune districts. The tally of recovered patients rose to 77,77,480, with 4,989 patients recovering at home or in hospital since Wednesday evening.
Meanwhile, Delhi recorded 1,934 new Covid cases and zero death on Thursday, while the positivity rate stood 8.10 per cent, according to data shared by the health department in Delhi.
The fresh infections came out of 23,879 tests conducted the previous day, it said.
With these fresh cases, Delhi's infection tally rose to 19,27,394 while the death toll stands at 26,242. Active case tally stands at 5,755.
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Maharashtra's recovery rate is 97.83 per cent and case fatality rate is 1.86 per cent.
On Thursday, the highest 4,166 cases were reported from the Mumbai circle that includes the entire Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Pune circle reported 665 cases, Nagpur circle 135, Kolhapur circle 72, Akola circle 63, Nashik 62, Latur 31 and Aurangabad circle 24.
The lone death during the day was reported in Mumbai.
With 55,990 new coronavirus tests conducted in 24 hours, the number of samples tested so far in Maharashtra rose to 8,17,47,761.
Maharashtra's positivity rate (cases found per 100 tests) was 9.31 per cent.
Coronavirus figures of Maharashtra: Total cases 79,50,240; New cases 5,218; Death toll 1,47,893; Total recoveries 77,77,480; Active cases 24,867; Total tests 8,17,47,761.
With a surge in COVID-19 infections in Delhi, hospitals are also witnessing a slight increase in admissions, but most of these patients, doctors say, have comorbid conditions.
The number of active COVID-19 cases on Wednesday climbed to 5,755 from 5,054 the previous day, according to the data.
As many as 3,564 patients are under home isolation, down from 3,892 on Wednesday, while there are 309 Covid containment zones in the capital, up from 291 the previous day.
The national capital had recorded 1,383 fresh coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 7.22 per cent and one fatality on Tuesday.
On Monday, Delhi had logged 1,060 new Covid cases and six deaths, the highest in over four months, while the positivity rate had risen to 10.09 per cent. This was the highest case positivity rate recorded in the national capital since January 24, when 11.8 per cent of the people tested had turned out to be positive.
Also, the single-day death toll of six was the highest since February 13, when 12 people had succumbed to the viral infection.
Despite the rise in the positivity rate, the city government has not implemented the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) devised by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) since hospital admissions are low.
The GRAP came into force in August last year, stipulating measures to be taken by the government in accordance with the positivity rate and bed occupancy for the locking and unlocking of various activities.
Experts have said people lowering their guard and travelling during the vacation season are the main reasons behind the latest upward trend in the number of coronavirus cases in Delhi.
The number of daily COVID-19 cases in Delhi had touched the record high of 28,867 on January 13 during the third wave of the pandemic. The city had recorded a positivity rate of 30.6 per cent on January 14, the highest during the third wave of the pandemic.
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