Three people died due to Covid-19 infection in Maharashtra on Wednesday, state health department officials informed.
“A total of 483 new cases were recorded in the past 24 hours and the number of active cases in Maharashtra till March 29 is 2506,” officials said. The recovery rate in the state is currently standing at 98.15 per cent.
Health officials also informed that RT-PCR tests are regularly being done at the airport.”A total of 35639 patients were screened by RT-PCR at the airport, in which 43 have been found positive so far,” officials said.
It has to be noted that four weeks ago, the positivity rate in Maharashtra was 1.05 per cent but currently it is standing at 6.15 per cent for the week (March 22 to March 28).The districts of Solapur and Sangli are currently experiencing the maximum positivity rate in Covid 19 infections with 20.05 per cent and 17.47 per cent respectively.
A total of 17.79 crores of Covid vaccination doses has been administered in the state.
