Aurangabad, Jun 30 (UNI) The Marathwada region of Maharashtra recorded 384 new cases of COVID-19 and 15 fatalities during the past 24 hours, health authorities informed on Wednesday.
Details from all the district headquarters collected by UNI showed that out of the eight districts of the region, Beed reported the highest 170 new cases and six deaths, followed by Aurangabad which had 91 cases and 3 deaths, Jalna had 11 cases and 3 deaths, Latur had 29 cases and 2 deaths, Parbhani had 25 cases and single death, Osmanabad had 53 cases, Hingoli recorded 5 cases and in Nanded district not a single case recorded.
Meanwhile, during the past 24 hours, 8,085 fresh cases of COVID-19 were recorded across Maharashtra, taking the cumulative total number of infections in the state to 60,51,633.
The state also registered 231 new COVID deaths, taking the death toll to 1,21,804.
Meanwhile, the highest 8,623 patients recovered in the state during the same time, pushing the total number of recoveries to 58,09,548.
The state's recovery rate now stands at 96 per cent while the fatality rate is 2.01 per cent.
At present, there are 1,17,098 active cases across the state undergoing treatment at various COVID-19 centres and hospitals, the health authorities said.
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