Maharashtra reported 4,757 new COVID-19 cases, 7,486 recoveries and 40 deaths on Sunday (December 6), taking the total number of cases in the state to 18,52,266. There are 89,079 active cases in the state and 17,23,370 patients have recovered so far. The death toll is at 47,734 in Maharashtra.
In total 1,12,73,705 people have been tested in Maharashtra. The states recovery rate is 93.04 per cent.
Mumbai reported 786 new COVID-19 cases, 1652 recoveries and 13 deaths on Sunday (December 6), taking the total number of cases in the financial capital to 2,86,046. According to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) data, there are 13,132 active cases and 2,51,191 patients have completely recovered so far. The death toll is at 10,902 in the city. The recovery rate stands at 91 per cent. At present 19,88,289 tests have been conducted by the BMC. There are 466 contaminated zones in slums and chawls while 5,428 buildings are sealed by the BMC.
Meanwhile, India reported 36,011 new COVID-19 cases, 41,970 recoveries and 482 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the tally up to 96,44,222 according to the data by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday (December 6). While in total 91,00,792 have completely recovered. The death toll is at 1,40,182 in the country. At present, there are 4,03,248 active cases.
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