With as many as 22 persons testing positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra on Sunday, the number of COVID-19 patients in the state climbed to 203, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope said.
As the test reports of two persons who died in Mumbai and Buldhana district on Saturday, came positive for coronavirus, the COVID-19 death toll in the state went up to eight on Sunday, officials said.
"Of the 203 coronavirus positive patients, 85 are from Mumbai and 37 from Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad and rural area, 25 in Sangli, 23 in Thane region, 14 in Nagpur, five in Ahmednagar, four in Yavatmal, two in Satara two and one each from Aurangabad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Gondia, Jalgaon and Buldhana," Tope said.
So far, as many as 35 COVID-19 patients have been discharged after recovery, Tope said.
"They will have to observe a mandatory 14-day home quarantine," he said.
So far 17,151 people are under home quarantine while 960 are under institutional quarantine, he said.
"When asked about details of the people who are discharged after getting cured, Tope said, "Maximum number of people who got cured are from Mumbai (14). The others are from Pimpri Chinchwad (8), Pune (7), Yavatmal (3), while one each from Ahmednagar, Nagpur and Yavatmal."