Aurangabad, Dec 9 (UNI) The Marathwada region of Maharashtra recorded 45 fresh COVID-19 cases and 3 deaths in the past 24 hours, health authorities said on Thursday.
The district headquarters report stated that of eight districts in the region, Parbhani district was worst affected recorded 7 cases and 2 deaths, followed by Aurangabad had 6 cases and single death, Beed had 11 cases, Jalna had 7 cases, Latur had 6 cases, Nanded and Osmanabad had 4 cases each and Hingoli nil, they added.
Meanwhile, during the past 24 hours, 896 fresh cases of COVID-19 were recorded across the state, taking the total number of infections to 66,40,888.
The state also registered 10 more deaths, taking the death toll to 1,41,204.
Meanwhile,1040 patients recovered in the state, pushing the total number of recoveries to 64,89,720 the recovery rate currently stands at 97.72 per cent while the fatality rate is 2.12 per cent.
At present, there are 6,286 active cases across Maharashtra undergoing treatment at different COVID-19 centres and hospitals, the health authorities said.
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