<p>The Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra continued to soar pushing up the active cases to 8,000-plus on Tuesday even as a patient from Pune was found to be positive with B.A.5 variant. </p>.<p>According to the latest report of Whole Genomic Sequencing from BJ Medical College, Pune, a 31-year-old woman from Pune was found positive for B.A.5 variant. The woman was asymptomatic and recovered in home isolation.</p>.<p>Last month, four patients of B.A.4 variants and three patients of B.A.5 variants were found in Pune.</p>.<p>During the day, the state reported 1,881 cases and zero deaths taking the progressive total to 78,96,114, with no change in the death toll at 1,47,866. </p>.<p>The active cases in the state now stands at 8,432, according to the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme of the Public Health Department. </p>.<p>In Mumbai, single-day cases crossed the 1,000-mark with 1,242 cases being reported, while the same for the Mumbai metropolitan region was 1,690.</p>.<p>With 1,800-plus cases, the state has gone back to the figures of the second fortnight of February when the third wave had hit the state.</p>
<p>The Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra continued to soar pushing up the active cases to 8,000-plus on Tuesday even as a patient from Pune was found to be positive with B.A.5 variant. </p>.<p>According to the latest report of Whole Genomic Sequencing from BJ Medical College, Pune, a 31-year-old woman from Pune was found positive for B.A.5 variant. The woman was asymptomatic and recovered in home isolation.</p>.<p>Last month, four patients of B.A.4 variants and three patients of B.A.5 variants were found in Pune.</p>.<p>During the day, the state reported 1,881 cases and zero deaths taking the progressive total to 78,96,114, with no change in the death toll at 1,47,866. </p>.<p>The active cases in the state now stands at 8,432, according to the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme of the Public Health Department. </p>.<p>In Mumbai, single-day cases crossed the 1,000-mark with 1,242 cases being reported, while the same for the Mumbai metropolitan region was 1,690.</p>.<p>With 1,800-plus cases, the state has gone back to the figures of the second fortnight of February when the third wave had hit the state.</p>
