MUMBAI: Maharashtra on Thursday added 1,522 past deaths—the highest in a single day during the almost month-long data reconciliation exercise—to the state’s total toll, taking it to 1,03,748.
Fatalities recorded in the state on Thursday were 393, second-highest in June, while new Covid cases crept up above 12,000 (12,207) after three days.
Since the reconciliation process of adding up deaths that occurred over a week earlier or may have been missed in the daily tabulation exercise began on May 17, the state has added a total of 11,617 deaths.
The figure is higher than the 10,645 deaths recorded as the total daily toll (deaths in the previous 24 hours or within a week of that date) in the last three weeks and accounts for over 11% of the state’s total Covid toll since the pandemic began.
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This is the highest daily death tally since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
However, the death tally was the highest-ever because it included Bihar’s previously uncounted 3,951 deaths.
If we discount Bihar’s revised toll,Of these ‘old’ deaths, 8,404 were added in the first 10 days of June, and 5,410 were older-than-a-week deaths.
“Although we have asked districts to update death data within 48 hours, it is not always possible due to manpower crunch or technical problems,” said Dr Pradeep Awate, who heads the epidemiology cell of the state public health department.
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