India
oi-Madhuri Adnal
Mumbai, Apr 08: Maharashtra reported 56,286 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, which took its caseload to 32,29,547, while 376 deaths due to the infection pushed the toll to 57,028, the health department said.
On Wednesday, the state had recorded the highest daily count of 59,907 cases and 322 fatalities.
A total of 36,130 patients recuperated and got discharge from hospitals on Thursday, due to which the state”s recovery count reached 26,49,757, it said.
With 2,36,815 tests conducted during the day, the state”s overall test count went up to 2,13,85,551, it said in a statement.
Maharashtra”s COVID-19 recovery rate now stands at 82.05 per cent, while the fatality rate is 1.77 per cent.
There are 27,02,613 people in home quarantine and 22,661 in institutional quarantine.
The number of active cases in the state is 5,21,317.