COVID-19 in the state increased to 78,57,314 and the recovery rate stood at 97.97 per cent.At least 26 patients of BA.5 variant and 13 patients of BA.2.75 variant were detected in the state, the health department said.
23 cases are from Mumbai, 13 from Pune and 1 each from Buldhana, Lathur and Thane. With no fresh fatalities, the COVID-19 death toll remained unchanged at 1,48,026.
A day earlier, Maharashtra had logged 2,186 cases and three fatalities. The state is currently left with 15,162 active cases, of which the highest 5,337 patients are in Pune, followed by 2,232 and 1230 cases in Mumbai and Nagpur district respectively, the report said.
Maharashtra's recovery rate stands at 97.97 per cent, while the fatality rate is at 1.84 per cent, it said. As per the report, out of 1,111 new COVID-19 cases, the highest 441 infections were detected in the Pune circle, followed by Mumbai (319), Nashik (125), Nagpur (106), Akola (51), Latur (32), Kolhapur (22) and Aurangabad (15).