Mumbai reported 1,837 cases to take its case tally to 1,86,276 of whom 26,858 are active
In a heartening trend, Maharashtra’s recoveries exceeded its case surge for the fourth consecutive day as 32,007 patients were discharged on Monday in what is the State’s the highest single-day recovery figure till date.
A relatively low surge of 15,738 COVID-19 cases were reported, taking the tally to 12,24,380 of whom 2,74,623 are active ones. The recoveries till date have risen to 9,16,318.
The toll was pushed to 33,015 with 344 deaths.
However, the low spike has to be viewed in the context of just 40,000 samples tested in the last 24 hours as opposed to the daily average of nearly 90,000 samples.
“Of the 59,12,258 laboratory samples tested thus far, 12,24,380 (20.71%) have returned positive with more than 40,000 samples across the State being tested in the last 24 hours. The…