Maharashtra's COVID19 tally rose to 17,49,777 with the addition of 2,535 fresh cases on Monday, November 16, marking this as the lowest daily count in more than five months. With 60 new deaths, the state's fatality count rose to 46,034. The fresh tally of 2,535 cases was the lowest single-day spike since June first week. Of the 60 deaths, 27 were from the past 48 hours and while four occurred last week. The remaining 29 deaths were from the period before the last week.
A total of 3,001 patients were discharged from hospitals, which took the number of recovered persons to 16,18,380. . The recovery rate in the state is 92.49 per cent, while the fatality rate is 2.63 per cent, as per state health department.
Out of the total 2,535 new cases, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), which consists of the metropolis and its satellite towns, accounted for 791. The MMR has till now reported 6,07,073 cases and 18,347 deaths. The country's financial capital alone has witnessed 2,70,119 cases and 10,585 deaths till now. Currently, 7,48,226 people are in-home quarantine and 5,395 in institutional quarantine.
Vaccine maker Bharat Biotech on Monday announced that it has commenced Phase-3 trials of Covaxin, India's first indigenous vaccine for COVID-19. The Phase-3 trials, which involve 26,000 volunteers across India, are being conducted in partnership with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
India's daily coronavirus cases tally continued to dip with 30,548 new infections reported in the last 24 hours taking the total number of active cases to 4,65,478, as per Health Ministry data on Monday. The country's COVID-19 tally reached 88,45,127 including 4,65,478 active cases and 82,49,579 recoveries. The cumulative death toll reached 1,30,070 after 435 people succumbed to the infection.