<span style="color: #222222;">In Maharashtra, 63 thousand 294 new patients tested positive yesterday. In terms of number of tests performed, 11 lakh 80 thousand 136 samples were tested in the country yesterday, out of which 22% i.e 2 lakh 63 thousand 137 were in Maharashtra.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports, state surveillance officer Dr. Pradip Awate has said that Maharashtra is the most urbanised state in the country and the population is highly dense in major cities. Covid patients are mostly found in urban areas in the country. It is one the reasons behind more number of patients are tested positive in the state. <br />''<br />''In terms of patients per million population he highlighted that, state has around 23 thousand patients per million population. It is much lower than Goa, Ladakh, Delhi, Kerala, Pudducheri etc. In Maharashtra a total of 34 lakh 7 thousand 245 patients are tested positive for coronavirus. Out of which 27 lakh 82 lakh 161 are recovered. State recovery rate is 81.65 %. Country's recovery rate is 89.86 percent. <br />''<br />''Till date state has tested 2 crore 21 lakh 14 thousand and 372 samples. It is about 8.5% of the total number of samples tested in the country. At present country has more than 12 lakh active cases out which 47% i.e. more than 5 lakh 65 thousand are in Maharashtra. Out of total number of patients 3 % cases are critical while 5% are outside ICU on oxygen support. <br />''<br />''Out of the total cases 72 Percent are from the age group of 21 to 60 years. During the last two months more than 32 thousands children below the age of 10 years are tested positive in Maharashtra. In terms of gender, around 61 percent patients are male. </span><br />''  <br />