20,131 new Covid-19 cases, takes Maharashtra's COVID-19 tally to 9,43,772

Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 20,131 new Covid-19 cases, taking its tally to 9,43,772, while the death toll went up to 27,407 with 380 patients succumbing to the infection, state health department said.

A total of 13,234 patients were discharged after treatment in the day, taking the number of recoveries in the state to



6,72,556, a health official said. The state is now left with 2,43,446 active cases.

Of the 380 fatalities, 256 deaths had taken place in the last 48 hours while 94 had occurred in the last one week. The remaining 30 deaths had occurred before the last week, but were added in the data on last Friday, the official explained.