Maha toll past 40,000, makes up 37% of nationwide death figure

Continuing with high Covid-19 fatalities, the state on Saturday added 308 deaths, taking the toll to 40,040. Over 37% of the Covid-19 deaths reported nationally were from the state, which added the last 10,000 deaths in merely 25 days. The state had 30,409 deaths on September 15.

- Bhavika Jain & Malathy Iyer

Mumbai

The state case fatality rate was 2.6%, higher than the national rate of 1.5%. The state added 11,416 cases, taking the total caseload to 15,17,434.

The rise in cases in the city on Saturday was 2,203, a dip from the sharp increase to 2,800-plus on Wednesday and Thursday. The Covid-19 tally stood at 2.27 lakh.

There were 48 deaths, taking the toll to 9,391.

“The number of cases had risen for a couple of days, but it could be due to some special collection drives we organize from time to time,” additional municipal commissioner Suresh Kakani said.