Mumbai: Maharashtra reported 722 new cases, 946 recoveries and 3 deaths in the last 24 hours. Active case tally is at 5549.
Recovery rate in the state is 98.11%. At present dominant variant of COVID is Omicron XBB.1.16. A total of 877 cases were found to be infected with this variant. There were 6 deaths reported among the cases of this variant.
Since Jan 1, 2023, 89 COVID-19 deaths have been recorded in the state. 71.91% of these deaths have occurred in individuals above 60 years of age, 87% of the deceased had comorbidities, 13% did not have any comorbidity.
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