<p>In an alarming trend, the daily Covid-19 death count of Maharashtra continued to scale northwards with the 24-hour casualties nearly hitting the 1000-mark on Wednesday. The state reported 985 deaths, the highest since the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic.</p>.<p>In the last 24 hours, 63,309 new cases were reported taking the progressive total to 44,73,394. The death toll stands at 67,214.</p>.<p>The total active cases in the state now stand at 6,73,481.</p>.<p>According to the Public Health Department, the rise in the death toll is because of the reconciliation of old figures.</p>.<p>Of these 985 deaths posted on Wednesday, 392 were of the previous 48 hours and 251 were of last week.</p>.<p>Last Thursday, 568 Covid-19 deaths were reported, while on Friday (773), Saturday (676), Sunday (832), Monday (524), Tuesday (895).</p>
<p>In an alarming trend, the daily Covid-19 death count of Maharashtra continued to scale northwards with the 24-hour casualties nearly hitting the 1000-mark on Wednesday. The state reported 985 deaths, the highest since the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic.</p>.<p>In the last 24 hours, 63,309 new cases were reported taking the progressive total to 44,73,394. The death toll stands at 67,214.</p>.<p>The total active cases in the state now stand at 6,73,481.</p>.<p>According to the Public Health Department, the rise in the death toll is because of the reconciliation of old figures.</p>.<p>Of these 985 deaths posted on Wednesday, 392 were of the previous 48 hours and 251 were of last week.</p>.<p>Last Thursday, 568 Covid-19 deaths were reported, while on Friday (773), Saturday (676), Sunday (832), Monday (524), Tuesday (895).</p>
