New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: Maharashtra continues to report the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases with the state count reaching 320 after 18 new cases came up. 12 people have died so far due to the deadly COVID-19 virus. Of the 18 fresh cases, 16 were reported in Mumbai while remaining two were reported in Pune.
"Maharashtra's COVID-19 tally till Tuesday night was 302. Today, we got reports of 18 more people testing positive for the viral infection. This has taken the state tally to 320," the official said as reported by PTI.
Two more COVID-19 patients died in Maharashtra, taking the state toll to 12, health officials said on Wednesday. One was a 75-year-old man from Mumbai, while the other, a 50-year-old man, died in adjoining Palghar district, the officials said.
"The 75-year-old male patient died here on Tuesday. We are finding details of his travel history and also checking if someone close to him had a travel history, an official said. The Palghar man had no travel history, he said. This is the first death reported from Palghar, a predominantly tribal district.
Maharashtra now has 320 COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths. Thirty nine coronavirus positive patients have been discharged from the state so far after recovery.
Meanwhile, some people in Pune who had attended a religious congregation in New Delhi's Nizamuddin
area had been traced and put under a quarantine.
(With PTI Inputs)