Mumbai: Because the number of Covid-19 tests conducted at Maharashtra increased after Diwali, the daily number of cases that were too increased to 999 on Saturday.
The number of deaths increased to 49 compared to 41 and 28 on Friday and Thursday.
A health worker said the increase was caused by reconciliation exercises.
“Of the total of 49 deaths reported on Saturday, 34 deaths more than a week.
Of these 34 deaths, 26 came from Raigad, five of Thane and each of the Buldhana, Nashik and Pune,” he said.
Except on Wednesday, daily calculations in this country have been below 1,000 since November 5 in Mumbai, daily calculations stored under 300 for the third day, with 246 positive virus tests on Saturday.
Only two deaths were registered, took the victim to 16,290 since March 2020.
Daily cases have not risen substantially even though it is a week since Diwali and many experts fear that cases can increase due to crowding and socialize during the festival.
While the daily test was below 1 lakh (60,000 on several days) during the week, the number increased to 1.15 lakh in Maharashtra.
On Saturday, the BMC update showed 41,078 tests carried out, higher than an average of 35,000 tests a day.
Active cases in the state (12,219) and Mumbai (3,577) continue to dip.