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- Published: May 17, 2020 09:23
New Delhi: With 1,606 new COVID-19 cases reported on Saturday, Maharashtra’s corona count has reached 30,706, according to the state’s Health Department.
Mumbai reported 41 deaths on Saturday. 696 people have died so far in Maharashtra. Among those who died, 26 were male, 15 females, a Maharashtra government statement read, adding 24 had comorbidities. Two were below the age of 40; 27 were above 60.
Seven deaths were reported in Pune on Saturday, seven in Thane city, five in Aurangabad city, three in Jalgaon, two in Mira-Bhayandar and one each in Nashik and Solapur.
524 coronavirus patients were discharged on Saturday in Maharashtra. Total 7,088 patients have been cured of the disease so far.
There are 22,479 active cases in Maharashtra as of now.
“As per the guidance from Government of India, cluster containment action plan is being implemented in places where clusters of patients have been found in the state. There are 1,516 active containment zones in the state currently. Total 14,434 surveillance squads worked today across the state and surveillance of 60.93 lakh population was done,” the statement read.
“Currently, 3,34,558 people are in home quarantine and 17,048 people are in institutional quarantine,” it added.
(With inouts from ANI)