Aurangabad, Jun 22 (UNI) The Marathwada region of Maharashtra recorded 348 new cases of COVID-19 and 22 fatalities during the past 24 hours, health authorities informed on Tuesday.
Details from all the district headquarters collected by UNI show that out of the eight districts of the region, Beed topped the list recording 124 new cases and 5 deaths, followed by Aurangabad which had 54 cases and 4 deaths, Latur had 17 cases and 4 deaths, Jalna had 24 cases and 3 deaths, Parbhani had 21 new cases and 3 deaths, Osmanabad had 76 cases and 2 deaths, Hingol recorded single case and single death and Nanded had 31 cases and no death.
Meanwhile, during the past 24 hours,6,270 fresh cases of COVID-19 were recorded from across Maharashtra, taking the cumulative total of infections in the state to 59,79,051.
The state also registered 94 fresh COVID deaths, taking Maharashtra's death toll to 1,18,313.
Meanwhile, 13,758 patients recovered in the state during the same time, taking the total number of recoveries in the state to 57,33,215.
The state's recovery rate now stands at 95.89 per cent while the fatality rate is 1.98 per cent.
At present, there are 1,24,398 active cases across the state undergoing treatment at various COVID-19 centres and hospitals, the health authorities said.
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