Maharashtra reported 21,029 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as its total case tally breached the 12.50 lakh-mark to reach 12,63,799, of whom 2,73,477 are active.
As many as 479 deaths pushed the total death toll to 33,886.
However, the case spike was nearly matched by recoveries- as many as 19,476 patients were discharged to take the cumulative recoveries till date to 9,56,030.
“Of a total 61,06,787 laboratory samples tested thus far, 12,63,799 [20.69%]) have returned positive with more than 89,000 samples across the State being tested in the last 24 hours. The State’s recovery rate has risen to 75.65%,” said State Surveillance Officer Dr. Pradeep Awate. The State’s case fatality rate was currently 2.68%, he added.
Pune reported more than 3,000 cases to take its total case tally to 2,70,866, while 61 deaths saw its total toll climb to 5,429. As per the Pune district…