Maharashtra: Jalgaon district mortality rate higher than Mumbai

Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district has reported highest mortality rate with 7.36 per cent as against 3.66 per cent rate of Maharashtra and 2.87 per cent in the entire country. The district is turning out to be the epicentre for COVID-19. 

According to Maharashtra health department data, Mumbai’s mortality rate is 3.71 per cent while Pune’s is 4. 30 per cent and Nagpur is 1.31 per cent.Jalgaon district collector Akash Dhakne said, “If we take total population into account, then we are in better positions. The per million tests and death in Jalgaon is much lower than Mumbai, Pune and other metro cities.”

In Jalgaon, three medical officers were suspended in a Covid patient’s missing and death case.

Maharashtra on Sunday reported 3,390 new COVID-19 cases and 120 deaths, including 69 in Mumbai, taking the overall case count to 1,07,958 and the number of fatalities to 3,950, a Health official said.