Maharashtra crosses 25k cases with highest single day spike

Mumbai: Maharashtra reported 1,495 coronavirus cases on Wednesday – the highest single-day spike in the state taking its total to 25,992, while the number of deaths rose to 975 with 54 people dying of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, health department officials said. State capital Mumbai breached the 15,000-mark today with 800 new cases taking its tally to 15,747. Mumbai is the worst-hit city in India; it also accounts for 40 of the 54 deaths in the state in the last 24 hours.

Mumbai also accounts for 21 per cent of the total COVID-19 cases in the country. With a death rate of 3.71 per cent, 60 per cent of the total fatalities in the state are also from the city. For six days in a row, Maharashtra reported over 1,000 cases daily. A total of 422 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the total number of recovered patients to 5,547, an official said.