Thane: With the addition of 145 new cases of coronavirus, the infection count in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 5,69,476, an official said on Thursday.
These new cases were reported on Wednesday, he said.
The virus also claimed the lives of two more persons, which pushed the death toll in the district to 11,584, he said, adding that the COVID-19 mortality rate in Thane stood at 2.03 per cent.
In neighbouring Palghar district, the COVID-19 case count has gone up to 1,38,643, while the death toll has reached 3,299, another official said.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Monday, December 1, recorded 767 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the number of active cases to 7,391. Besides, 28 COVID-19 deaths were reported in the day, taking the number of total fatalities to 1,41,025.
903 patients were discharged in the day, taking the tally to 64,84,338. The recovery rate in the state is 97.71%. The case fatality rate in the state is 2.12%.
Currently, 74,812 people are in home quarantine and 923 people are in institutional quarantine.
The Mumbai circle--which consists of MCGM, Thane, TMC, Navi Mumbai, KDMC, Ulhasnagar MC, Bhivandi Nijampur MC, Mira Bhayandar MC, Palghar, Vasai Virar MC, Raigad, Panvel MC--recorded 309 new cases.
The Nashik circle--which consists of Nashik, Nashik MC, Malegaon MC, Ahmednagar, Ahmednagar MC, Dhule, Dhule MC, Jalgaon, Jalgaon MC, Nandurbar--reported 107 fresh COVID-19 cases.
The Pune circle--which includes Pune, PMC, PCMC, Solapur, Solapur MC, Satara--recorded 244 new cases.
The Kolhapur circle--which includes Kolhapur, Kolhapur MC, Sangli, Sangli MC, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri-- reported 25 new cases.
The Aurangabad circle--which consists of Aurangabad, Aurangabad MC, Jalna, Hingoli, Parbhani, Parbhani MC-- reported 46 fresh cases.
The Latur circle--which consists of Latur, Latur MC, Osmanabad, Beed, Nanded, Nanded MC--recorded 17 fresh cases.
The Akola circle--which includes Akola, Akola MC, Amaravati, Amaravati MC, Yawatmal, Buldhana, Washim-- recorded 9 fresh cases.
Nagpur circle--which includes Nagpur, Nagpur MC, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur, Chandrapur MC, Gadchiroli --reported 10 fresh cases.
