Maharashtra's active Covid cases jump 241 pct in 10 days
Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra's active Covid-19 cases have seen a whopping increase of 241 per cent from 5,127 cases on June 3 to 17,480 cases on June 13, the state health bulletin data showed on Monday.
Maharashtra also reported one Covid death while the case fatality rate is at 1.86 per cent.
According to the health department data, Maharashtra recorded 9,354 Covid-19 cases in May, of which 5,980 were reported from Mumbai.
The state also recorded 17 deaths last month.
From June 1 to 12, there were 23,941 Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra, of which 14,945 were reported from Mumbai alone. The state has recorded 12 deaths from June 1 to 12.
Amid the surge in Maharashtra cases, medical experts say most of the patients are showing mild symptoms and fatality is low in the present "mild wave".
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