The number of daily cases in Maharashtra has crossed 25,000-mark in daily cases new cases, which is the highest single-day count since the start of the epidemic.
On Thursday, March 18, Maharashtra reported 25,833 cases and 58 deaths in the last 24 hours, with Nagpur district alone reporting 3,796 new cases of the novel coronavirus.
The previous highest was achieved on September 11 last year, when 24,886 cases were discovered.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, March 17, Maharashtra had reported 23,179 new cases.
A total of 12,764 patients were discharged across the state after recovering from novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours. This brings Maharashtra's tally of recovered patients to 21,75,565. The state's recovery rate now stands at 90.79 per cent and fatality rate is 2.22 per cent.
Meanwhile, Mumbai reported 2,877 new cases and eight deaths. A day earlier, the city had recorded 2,377 cases and eight deaths.
#CoronavirusUpdates
— माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC (@mybmc) March 18, 2021
18-Mar; 6:00pm
Discharged Pts. (24 hrs) - 1,193
Total Recovered Pts. - 3,21,947
Overall Recovery Rate - 91%
Total Active Pts. - 18,424
Doubling Rate - 136 Days
Growth Rate (11 Mar-17 Mar) - 0.51%#NaToCorona
Currently, 8,13,211 people are in home quarantine and 7,079 people are in institutional quarantine across the state.
Maharashtra has had a much sharper rise in the ongoing current wave compared to the one seen last year. Till February 9, the state had been reporting less than 3,000 cases a day. In less than 40 days, the surge has taken the state past its previous record. Besides, high numbers from several states took the national total to close to 40,000 cases as on March 18, a figure that was last achieved on November 28 last year.
Cases reported in major cities:
Mumbai: 2,877
Pune: 2,791
Nasik: 1,675
Aurangabad: 1,274
Maharashtra districts with highest active cases:
Pune: 35,539
Nagpur: 24,209
Mumbai: 17,153
Thane: 15,548
Nasik: 11,037
Aurangabad: 10,340
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