Maharashtra reports 63,282 new COVID-19 cases, 802 deaths; recovery rate now 84%
Maharashtra on Saturday reported 63,282 new COVID-19 cases and 802 deaths. The state reported 802 COVID-19 deaths reported on Saturday taking the case fatality rate in the state to 1.49%.
On Saturday, 61,326 patients were discharged taking the total count of recovered patients to 39,30,302 COVID-19. The recovery rate in the state is 84.24%. As on today, there are 6,63,758 active cases in the state.
Out of 2,73,95,288 laboratory samples 46,65,754 have been tested positive (17.03%) for COVID-19 until today. Currently 40,43,899 people are in home quarantine and 26,420 people are in institutional quarantine.
(With inputs from agencies)
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