Coronavirus: Maharashtra alone beats China in total number of cases
Mumbai : While India has registered record single-day spike in coronavirus cases, Maharashtra took the badge for states as it registered 3,007 COVID-19 cases, its second-highest single-day case surge on Sunday.
The total number of coronavirus cases in Maharashtra has now gone to 85,975, surpassing China's total tally of 83,000-odd cases. 3,060 fatalities have been reported in the state till date.
However, according to the Health Department, only 43,591 of the cases are active with 1,924 patients being discharged on Sunday to take the number of recoveries till date to 39,314.
More than 50% cases from Mumbai only
In the economic capital on India, the total number of coronavirus cases crossed the 48,000-mark to reach 48,774 with the city reporting 1,420 cases. It presently has 25,940 active cases.
Six deaths were reported from Pune district to take its toll to 406. However, its authorities said the toll had already risen to 409.
Pune district’s tally, as per official figures, has reached 9,705 with the district reporting a massive spike of more than 400 new cases.
Besides Mumbai, the surge in fresh cases in Thane in the MMR continued unabated with 273 cases taking the district’s tally to 6,048. Navi Mumbai reported a similarly big spike of more than 130 cases (tally 3,484).
