Maharashtra on Wednesday reported 431 new COVID-19 cases, taking the state’s tally of coronavirus positive cases to 5649.
Of these 5649 cases, 3683 cases are from Mumbai and 851 from the Pune division.
The death count in COVID-19 patients has now gone up to 269 in the state. The Public Health Department said in a press statement, there were 18 COVID-related deaths in the state today.
Of these 18 deaths, 10 were in the Mumbai, two in Pune and Aurangabad each and one each in Kalyan-Dombivli, Solapur, Jalgaon, and Malegaon.
“Twelve out of these 18 patients (61%) had high-risk co-morbidity such as diabetes, hypertension, asthma, and heart disease,” the press statement said.
Out of 90223 laboratory samples, 83979 were negative and 5649 have been tested positive for coronavirus until today.