Mumbai, May 5 (TIWN) Maharashtra recorded 35 new Covid-19 deaths - the second highest toll after 36 on May 2 - and cases continued to increase without respite touching 14,541, health officials said on the first day of lockdown 3.0.

With 35 fatalities, the state death toll shot up to 583 and the total number of Coronavirus patients increased to 14,541.  Of the total deaths, 18 were recorded in Mumbai – including 1 from Uttar Pradesh – taking the city toll to 361 and the number of Covid-19 positive patients in the city shot up to 9,310.  Dharavi alone recorded 42 new cases, taking the total in Asia’s biggest slum to 632 cases and 20 deaths.  Pune recorded 7 fresh fatalities, Akola 5, and Thane, Aurangabad, Solapur and Nanded, one each.  The dead comprised 22 men and 13 women, and nearly 70 per cent of them suffered from other serious ailments such as diabetes, hypertension, heart problems and asthma.