Maha COVID-19 tally reaches 9 318 death toll rises to 400

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    Mumbai, Apr 29 (PTI) Maharashtra reported 729 new
coronavirus cases on Tuesday, taking the state's tally to
9,318, a health official said.
    The state also reported 31 more deaths due to the
disease, raising the toll to 400, he said.
    With this, Maharashtra COVID-19 figures are as
follows: Positive cases-9,318, deaths-400, discharged-1,388,
active cases-7,530 and people tested so far-1,29,931.
    Mumbai city reported an increase of 393 COVID-19 cases
on Tuesday, taking its tally to 6,169. The state capital
has reported deaths of 244 patients so far.
    The Thane division, which includes Mumbai and
surrounding areas, has so far reported 7,223 cases and 263
deaths.
    The Pune division has so far reported 1,288 COVID-19
cases and 89 deaths. Pune city has reported 1,044 cases and 76
deaths till date.
    The Kolhapur division, that covers Western Maharashtra
and Konkan, has till now reported 48 coronavirus cases and two
deaths, followed by Nashik division where there have been 313
cases and 27 deaths so far, the health official said.
     The Aurangabad division in central Maharashtra has
reported 108 cases of COVID-19 along with six deaths, while
Latur division has reported 19 cases and one death so far.
     There are 155 cases in Akola division and nine deaths
while there are 139 cases and one death in Nagpur division.
     The number of COVID-19 patients from other states who
are receiving treatment in Maharashtra is 25 while two have
succumbed to coronavirus infection, the official said.
    Though the state reported 31 deaths on Tuesday, the
health official maintained that some of the deaths took place
between April 20 and 27, but were cumulatively mentioned in
Tuesday's report.
    Four deaths in Jalgaon took place in the last four
days, the official said.
    "Out of 31 latest deaths in the state, 25 were
reported from Mumbai city, four from Jalgaon and two from Pune
city," he said.
    Besides, 1,388 patients were discharged from hospitals
after recovery.
    The official also informed that 1,55,170 people were
placed in home quarantine and 9,917 in institutional
quarantine.
    There are 664 active containment zones in the state,
he said, adding that 9,361 official squads have so far
completed surveillance of 38.30 lakh people. PTI ND KRK
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