Maharashtra reported 3075 new coronavirus infections and 35 fatalities on Saturday a health official said. It took the tally of cases in the state to 6494254 and death toll to 138096.

The day before the state had reported 4154 infections and 44 fatalities. With 3056 persons discharged from hospitals the total of recovered patients reached 6302816 on Saturday. The state has 295772 people in home quarantine 1954 in institutional quarantine and 49796 active patients.

Maharashtras case recovery rate stands at 97.05 per cent while the fatality rate is 2.12 per cent. The number of coronavirus tests conducted in the state rose to 55836107 with 133479 samples tested during the day. The districts of Dhule Hingoli Akola Nagpur and Wardha and municipal corporations of Malegaon Dhule Jalgaon Parbhani and Amravati did not report any fresh COVID19 cases.

The Ahmednagar district continued to report highest number of infections with 693 new cases on Saturday. It was followed by rural parts of Pune with 376 new infections while Satara district reported the highest 12 fatalities in the state. Among eight regions of Maharashtra Pune region reported the highest 1018 new COVID19 cases.

Mumbai region reported 710 new cases Kolhapur region 413 Latur 94 Aurangabad 17 Nagpur 10 and Akola region reported eight new cases. Of 35 fatalities the highest 17 were reported from Pune region followed by eight fatalities in Kolhapur region.

Aurangabad Akola and Nagpur regions did not report any fresh fatalities while Mumbai region reported five deaths Nashik three and Latur region reported two deaths. Mumbai city recorded 361 new COVID19 cases and four deaths as per the state governments data while Pune city reported 144 new cases but no deaths.

Coronavirus figures of Maharashtra are as follows Total cases 6494254 New cases 3075 Total deaths 138096 New deaths 35 Total recoveries 6302816 Active cases 49796 Total tests conducted 55836107.