Aurangabad, Aug 29 (UNI) The Marathwada region of Maharashtra recorded 188 fresh COVID-19 cases and seven death during the past 24 hours, health authorities informed on Sunday.
The district headquarters report stated that of eight districts, Beed was the worst-affected with 82 cases and four deaths, followed by Osmanabad 42 cases and 2 deaths, Latur had 20 cases and one death, Aurangabad 34 cases, Nanded had 5 cases, Parbhani recorded three cases and Hingoli had two cases.
While, in Jalna district no one positive case was registered for the second consecutive day, they said .
Meanwhile, during the past 24 hours, 4,831 fresh cases of COVID-19 were recorded across the state, taking the total number of infections to 64,52,273.
The state also registered 126 more deaths, taking the death toll to 1,37,026.
Meanwhile, 4,455 patients recovered in the state, pushing the total number of recoveries to 62,59,006. The recovery rate currently stands at 97.02 per cent while the fatality rate is 2.12 per cent.
At present, there are 51,821 active cases across Maharashtra undergoing treatment at different COVID-19 centres and hospitals, added the health authorities.
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