Maharashtra: Total number of COVID-19 cases rises to 56,948

Maharashtra on Wednesday reported the highest number of COVID-19 deaths so far at 105, including 32 in Mumbai, taking the count of overall fatalities to 1,897, a Health official said.

The number of cases spiked by 2,190 to 56,948. This is for the first time that Maharashtra has reported deaths in three digits, the official said.

Mumbai now accounts for 34,018 of the total 56,948 COVID-19 cases and 1,097 fatalities.

In some good news, while the number of the discharged people is increasing, the doubling rate of COVID-19 cases also improved to 14.7 days from 11.5 in the last week.

"The improved doubling rate means we are succeeding in containing the spread of the coronavirus," he said.

The official said that the recovery rate of COVID-19 patients in Maharashtra stands at 31.5 per cent.