One-day spike of 8,308 Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra; 258 more dead

Health workers wearing PPE kits arrive to conduct medical checkup of the residents of Dindoshi area, during Unlock 2.0, at Goregaon. Credits: PTI Photo

With the single-day spike of 8,308 new Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra, the tally of patients in the state mounted to 2,92,589 on Friday, the health department said.

This is the third time that the number of single-day cases has breached the 8,000-mark in the state.

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On Thursday, the state had recorded the highest one- day growth of 8,641 new cases, while on July 11, as many as 8,139 patients had tested positive.

As the virus claimed 258 lives on Friday alone, the state's death toll increased to 11,452, a statement from the health department said.

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A total of 2,217 patients recovered and discharged from hospitals following their recovery during the day. With this, the number of recovered people grew to 1,60,357, it said.

Currently, there are 1,20,780 active cases in the state.

So far, 14,84,630 people have been tested.