1,100 new coronavirus infections and four fatalities in Maharashtra

Maharashtra has recorded 1,100 new coronavirus infections and four fatalities, the health department said in a bulletin. The state has 6,102 active cases now. The state's COVID-19 case tally rose to 81,58,393, and the death toll to 1,48,489. The state recorded 949 cases and six deaths on Tuesday.

Mumbai recorded 234 cases and one fatality on



Wednesday. Thane city, Pune City and Satara districts recorded one fatality each.

The case fatality rate in Maharashtra is 1.82 percent. As per the health department, XBB.1.16 is the dominant variant of coronavirus in the state with a total of 681 cases of its infection found. There were five deaths among the cases of this variant, the bulletin said.