Maha logs 30k daily cases first time, most deaths in 106 days

Mumbai: The state on Sunday recorded over 30,000 Covid-19 cases for the first time. Maharashtra’s 30,535 was the fourth day in a row of over 25,000 cases. Almost mirroring the state’s growth, Mumbai added 3,779 cases, just over 200 short of 4,000 and second in five days when the count was over 3,000. Worryingly, the state’s Covid-19 daily mortality climbed to 99,the highest in 106 days.

The state has added over 3.24 lakh cases this month, compared to 1.3 lakh and 92,177 cases in February and January. Mumbai has added 36,758 cases in March, double of 18,362 recorded in February and a 125% jump from January (16,310). Civic chief IS Chahal told TOI they were gearing up for 6,000 cases per day in the coming weeks.