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With 431 new cases of new choroanviruses in Maharashtra, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 counts in the state increased to 5,649 today, the state health department said. Along with that, 18 more deaths were reported, bringing the number to 269, he added. Of these, Mumbai reported 10 deaths today.
Maharashtra by far has remained the worst affected state in India and also the first to cross the 5,000 mark in positive cases on Tuesday. Of these, the state capital Mumbai has more than 3,000 positive cases.
Other than that, 67 patients recovered today. The state now has 789 patients who have recovered from the highly contagious disease since the outbreak, officials said.
India’s Covid-19 count exceeded 20,000 today. At least 1,486 new cases emerged in the last 24 hours, bringing the Covid-19 count in the country to 20,471, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. With 49 deaths recorded since yesterday, the number is now 652, he said.
