Maharashtra’s COVID19 cases surpass China’s official tally

On Sunday, Maharashtra reported a big spike in COVID-19 cases with 3,007 being reported for the day, taking the state’s total tally to 85,975. With this Maharashtra has surpassed China’s COVID-19 tally of 83,036 confirmed cases.

State capital Mumbai has reported 48,774 cases of COVID-19 so far, while Thane has 13,014, Pune 9,704, and Nagpur 747.

The recovery rate stands at 45.72% while the fatality rate is 3.55%, the state health department said. So far, 5,51,647 samples have been tested of which 85,975 have tested positive, thereby posting a test positivity rate of 15.58%, way more than peer states and higher than India’s which is around 3.5%.

As per the guidance from the Centre, a cluster containment action plan is being implemented in places where clusters of patients have been found in the state. There are 3,654 active containment zones in Maharashtra currently, the department said.