Coronavirus COVID-19 cases cross 8000 in Maharashtra; 440 new cases reported

Mumbai: As India continues to battle coronavirus pandemic, the number of cases in Maharashtra rose to 8,068 on Monday (April 27, 2020)  which includes 342 fatalities. 440 new cases and 19 new deaths were reported in the state between Sunday evening to Monday morning.

Out of the 8,068 cases in the state Mumbai alone reported 5,407 cases of coronavirus which includes 724 recovered cases and 204 fatalities which include 12 new deaths reported in last 24 hours. 

After Mumbai, Pune reports the highest number of cases at 1,052 including 22 new cases, 212 recovered cases and 76 deaths.

Here's the district-wise details of cases in Maharashtra: 

S.	DISTRICT	TOTAL CASES	NEW CASES	TOTAL Death	NEW Deaths	Recovered
1	MCGM	5407	358	204	12	728
2	Thane	738	21	14	0	60
3	Palghar	141	2	4	0	20
4	Raigad	57	1	1	0	10
5	Nashik	131	0	12	0	7
6	Ahmednagar	36	1	2	0	22
7	Dhule	25	0	3	0	0
8	Jalgaon	19	6	4	2	1
9	Nandurbar	11	0	1	0	0
10	Pune	1052	22	76	3	212
11	Solapur	47	1	5	1	0
12	Satara	29	0	2	0	3
13	Kolhapur	10	0	0	0	3
14	Sangli	27	1	1	0	26
15	Sindhudurg	1	0	0	0	1
16	Ratnagiri	8	0	1	0	5
17	Aurangabad	50	0	5	0	23
18	Jalna	2	0	0	0	0
19	Hingoli	8	0	0	0	1
20	Parbhani	1	0	0	0	0
21	Latur	9	0	1	1	8
22	Osmanabad	3	0	0	0	3
23	Beed	1	0	0	0	0
24	Nanded	1	0	0	0	0
25	Akola	29	6	1	0	7
26	Amaravati	20	1	1	0	0
27	Yavatmal	48	20	0	0	10
28	Buldhana	21	0	1	0	14
29	Washim	1	0	0	0	1
30	Nagpur	107	0	1	0	22
31	Gondia	1	0	0	0	1
32	Chandrapur	2	0	0	0	0
33	Other states	25	0	2	0	0
	TOTAL	8068	440*	342	19	1188

In COVID-19 mortality rate Maharashtra stands at 5th position at 4.24 percent. Meghalaya ranks first with 8.33 percent followed by Punjab at 5.75, Madhya Pradesh at 4.91 and Gujarat at 4.57.

Till now 115147 samples have been tested in Maharashtra out of which 55519 tests are done in government labs and 59628 in private labs. Out of the total samples 107519 have been tested negative and 7628 tested positive.

Meanwhile, the total number of corona cases inched to 27,892 in India which includes 20,835 active cases, 6,184 recovered cases, 1 migrant patient and 872 deaths, as per Ministry of Health data at 8.50 am IST. In the last 24 hours 1,396 new cases, 48 deaths, and 381 cured cases have been reported. Recovery rate stands at 22.17%.