Aurangabad, Sep 22 (UNI) The Marathwada region of Maharashtra recorded 126 fresh COVID-19 cases and 5 positive patients are succumbed during the past 24 hours, health authorities informed on Wednesday.
The district headquarters report stated that of eight districts in the region, Beed district was the worst-affected with 41 cases and three deaths followed by Aurangabad reportred 19 cases and two deaths , Osmanabad registered 39 cases , Latur had 15 cases , Parbhani recorded 6 cases , Jalna recorded 5 cases , Nanded single case and Hingoli district nil.
Meanwhile, during the past 24 hours, 3,131 fresh cases of COVID-19 were recorded across the state, taking the total number of infections to 65,27,629.
The state also registered 70 more deaths, taking the death toll to 1,38,616.
Meanwhile, highest 7,021 patients recovered in the state, pushing the total number of recoveries to 63,44,794 the recovery rate currently stands at 97.20 per cent while the fatality rate is 2.12 per cent.
At present, there are 40,712 active cases across Maharashtra undergoing treatment at different COVID-19 centres and hospitals, the health authorities said.
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