Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 11,119 new coronavirus patients which took the state's case tally to 6,15,477, a health official said. With 422 COVID-19 patients succumbing to the infection, the death toll in the state reached 20,687, he said. 9,356 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the number of recovered coronavirus patients to
4,37,870.
There are now 1,56,608 active cases in the state, the official added. In state capital Mumbai, 931 new cases and 49 deaths were reported. The total number of COVID-19 cases in the city thus rose to 1,30,410, and death toll to 7,222. The number of active cases in the country's financial capital is 17,693, the official said.