Maha records new high of 139 Covid-19 deaths, Mumbai toll crosses 1.5K

Maharashtra recorded a staggering new high of 139 Covid-19 deaths on Friday, while Mumbai's total fatalities crossed the 1,500 mark, health officials said here.

The state recorded its highest single-day death figure on Friday, making it the third time in June and the sixth time in 10 days that it has witnessed a 100-plus toll.

The previous highs of three-digit tallies were in the past three days - 103 on June 2, 122 on June 3, 123 on June 4.

The latest toll includes 93 deaths in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region alone - the worst-hit in the country, besides 2,436 new positive cases across the state.

This comes to roughly one death every 10 minutes, and an average 101 new cases notched every hour in the state.

Maharashtra has been recording 75-plus fatalities and over 2,000 cases daily for the past 11 consecutive days, with the previous highest figure of 3,041 infections notched on May 24.

With the latest fatalities, the state death toll has reached 2,849 while the total number of coronavirus patients increased to 80,229.

The Health Department said of the total number of cases declared till date, 42,215 were active cases, increasing by 822 over Thursday's 41,393.

The state, however, has recorded an encouraging recovery rate of 43.81 per cent and a mortality rate of 3.55 per cent.

Of Friday's fatalities, 54 were recorded in Mumbai alone - taking the city death toll to 1,519, while the number of Covid-19 positive patients here shot up by 1,149 cases to touch 46,080.

There were also 38 fatalities in Thane

( With inputs from IANS )