Maharashtra on Thursday reported 112 new Covid-19 cases, 25 of them in Mumbai alone, taking the number of positive patients since January 2025 to 1,812 in the state, the public health department`s bulletin said.
Mumbai has been seeing a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases recently.
Total number of patients in Mumbai since January 2025 now stands at 778, officials said.
According to the state’s health department bulletin, all patients so far have reported only mild symptoms.
Since January 2025, a total number of 21 deaths have been reported in the state, out of which 19 were with comorbidities and 1 with other disease, officials said.
Of these, 20 patients had serious underlying health conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer, lung disease, or stroke. One patient was a 47-year-old woman, who had symptoms of fever and shortness of breath, the health department`s bulletin stated on Tuesday.
It said that as of June 10, 2025, a total of 18,103 Covid-19 tests have been conducted in the state since January, with 1,593 people testing positive. Of these, 959 patients have already recovered, bringing the recovery rate to 60.20 per cent.
On June 12, Mumbai reported 25 Covid-19 cases, Thane Municipal Corporation-3, Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation- 02, Kalyan Municipal Corporation-03, Raigad-01, Pune-10, Pune Municipal Corporation-48, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation-04, Kolhapur-01, Nagpur Municipal Corporation-05, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar- 10.
The bulletin further said that the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) has been actively monitoring patients with influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infections (SARI).
As per recent state-level review instructions:
– Regular ILI/SARI surveillance must continue in all districts.
– 5 per cent of ILI patients and 100 per cent of SARI patients must be tested for Covid-19.
– All positive samples should be sent for Whole Genome Sequencing to track variants.
– Public hospitals and medical colleges must stay updated with testing and treatment facilities.
“Covid-19 is a viral disease. Currently, ILI /SARI surveillance is being done in Maharashtra. During the survey, such patients are tested for Covid. These Covid patients are being treated regularly after positive report. There is gradual but definite increase in Covid Patients in Maharashtra. Covid patients are showing mild symptoms. Covid testing and treatment facilities are available through the Public Health Department. The public is appealed not to panic,” the health department bulletin said.
