Aurangabad, May 9 (UNI) Covid situation continues to remain grim in the eight districts of the Marathwada region in Maharashtra as the region recorded the highest spike of 5,526 Covid positive cases and 116 fatalities in the past 24 hours, according to the health authorities.
Details from all the district headquarters collected by UNI show that out of the eight districts of the region,Latur district was the worst-affected as it recorded 1102 cases and 27 deaths, followed by Aurangabad had 774 cases 24 deaths,Beed had 1339 cases and 18 deaths, Nanded with 497 new cases and 13 deaths,Osmanabad 629 cases and 11 deaths, Parbhani had 436 cases and 9 deaths, Jalna registered 584cases and 9 deaths and Hingoli 165 cases and 5 deaths.
Meanwhile, during the past 24 hours, 53,605 fresh cases of COVID-19 were recorded across the state, mounting the total number of infections to 50,53,336.
The state also registered 864 more deaths, taking the death toll to 75,277.
Meanwhile, a record 82,266 patients were recovered in the state, taking the total number of recoveries to 43,47,592.
The state’s recovery rate currently stands at 86.1 per cent and the fatality rate is 1.49 per cent.
At present, there are 6,28,213 active patients across the state undergoing treatment at different COVID-19 centres and hospitals, they added.
In view of the rising number of cases, the state government has extended strict restrictions in the state till May 15 under the initiative of ‘break the chain’, exempting emergency services.
