19,68,559 people have been tested so far in the state, Minister Rajesh Tope said (File)
Bombay:
Maharashtra’s COVID-19 tally rose to 3.91,440 on Tuesday with the addition of 7,717 new cases while 282 deaths brought the tally to 14,165, including 121 deaths in the Mumbai region alone, the minister said. Rajesh Tope Health.
10,333 patients were released during the day, bringing the number of recovered cases in the state to 2.32,277, he said.
The number of active cases rose from 1,47,592 Monday to 1,44,694 Tuesday, the Minister of Health said.
19,68,559 people have been tested so far in the state, Tope said.
After a long time, Mumbai, which has consistently reported over 1,000 cases every day, added 700 cases to its tally for the day, bringing the cumulative tally to 1.10,882. With 55 people dying from the infection, the number of deaths in the metropolis rose to 6,187.
Mumbai now has 19,990 active cases, the minister said.
However, the Mumbai Metropolitan Area (MMR) continues to report a higher number of cases.
On Tuesday, the MMR tally rose to 2,29,599 with the addition of 2,223 cases. With 121 dead, the death toll rose to 9,275.
Pune reported 1,182 new cases while neighbor Pimpri Chinchwad added 673 new cases. The Twin Cities reported 12 deaths each during the day.
The number of cases in Pune Division rose to 91,977 with 2,477 deaths.
Nashik Division now has 29,987 cases with 1,111 deaths, while the Kolhapur Division tally is 7,675 with 206 deaths.
The number of cases and deaths in Aurangabad division are 15,637 and 554 respectively, while Latur division has 4,433 cases and 190 deaths, the health department said.
The Akola Division case count was 6,644 with 232 deaths.
In Nagpur Division, the number of cases reached 5,136 while 73 patients succumbed to the infection.
The number of people in home quarantine statewide rose from 9,22,637 on Monday to 8,85,545 on Tuesday.
Likewise, the number of people admitted to institutional quarantine also increased from 44,136 to 42,733, Tope said.
