Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded 2,701 fresh coronavirus positive cases, highest in nearly four months, and zero fatality, while the active cases increased to a little less than 10,000, the health department said.
With the fresh cases, the state's overall infection tally rose to 78,98,815 and death toll to 11,47,866. The active cases stand at 9,806, it said.
The state had recorded 2,797 fresh cases on February 17 this year.
Out of 2701 cases, Mumbai alone contributed with 1,765 new cases, however, majority of them are asymptomatic.
Mumbai Covid cases as reported on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Maharashtra had reported 1,881 coronavirus cases, a sizable increase compared to 1,036 infections reported the previous day.
Classification of daily Covid patients on the basis of whether they are asymptomatic among other factors.
Mumbai city reported 1,765 fresh infection cases on Wednesday, up from 1,242 a day ago, officials said.
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