MUMBAI : Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 1026 new covid-19 cases, taking the state's tally of coronavirus positive cases to 24427.
Of these Mumbai alone reported 14947 cases with 556 deaths. In the state, death toll of covid-19 patients has now gone up to 921.
On Tuesday, 53 covid-19 infected patients died in the state. Of these, 29 were men and 24 women. 21 of them aged over 60 years, 27 were from the age group 40 to 59 years and five were aged less than 40 years.
66% of these patients had high-risk co-morbidities such as diabetes, hypertention, heart disease etc. Of the 53, 28 deaths were recorded in Mumbai, six each in Panvel and Pune, five in Jalgaon, three in Solapur city, two in Thane and one each in Raigad, Aurangabad city and