MUMBAI : In marginal rise, the state of Maharashtra on Tuesday recorded 2,831 fresh Covid-19 cases, including 351 Omicron infections, and 35 fatalities.
Tuesday's addition takes the tally of infections to 78,47,746 and the death toll to 1,43,451, the state health department said.
On Monday, Maharashtra had reported 1,966 coronavirus positive cases and 12 related fatalities. The state is now left with 30,547 active cases after 8,695 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours, which raised the tally of overall recoveries to 76,69,772.
The case fatality rate in the state now stands at 1.82%. The recovery rate is 97.73%, the department said. It said 351 fresh cases of the Omicron variant were reported in Maharashtra. "Of these, 280 patients have been reported by the Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research and 71 patients have been reported by the B J Medical College." Of the 351 cases, 148 patients were found in Aurangabad, 111 in Nashik, 72 in Pune Municipal Corporation, 12 in Pune rural, five in Pimpri Chinchwad, two in Yavatmal and one in Satara.