Maharashtra records 40% rise in Covid cases in one day

Covid-19 cases rose by 40% in Maharashtra (3,659) on Tuesday, as compared to the previous day, in general due to multiplied checking out on weekdays.

The state registered only 1 Covid loss of life from Mumbai where an 85-year-old man with a number of persistent diseases surpassed away at some point of post-operative hospitalisation. His death increased fatalities in the town in June so far to 23.

Mumbai’s every day tally too registered a spike – nearly 30% from 1,310 on Monday to 1,781 on Tuesday. The daily test positivity rate continue to be excessive at 16.9%. But, as BMC executive health officer Dr Mangala Gomare said, the daily tally has been falling every day due to the fact that it zoomed past 4,000 on June 15. “We are hopeful that cases will start decreasing, but we have to wait for a few days earlier than trend will become clear,” she said.

The number of daily hospitalisations in the town had risen to a hundred and ten remaining week, however dropped to 87 on Tuesday. The BMC Covid update said 626 patients are currently in hospital. A doctor from KEM Hospital stated although the majority of the Covid cases are not severe, one has to look out for long Covid-19, a situation that lingers on for weeks or months after testing out positive for the viral infection. “But 95% of the sufferers are asymptomatic or have slight symptoms,” the doctor said.