Maharashtra detects 4,496 new COVID-19 cases and 122 deaths

Maharashtra's COVID-19 tally on Thursday rose to 17,36,329 after it recorded 4,496 fresh cases, said a state health department official.

The state also reported 122 more deaths due to the infection, taking the fatality count to 45,682, he said.

Also, 7,809 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day, taking the tally of recovered people to



16,05,064, the official said.

With this, the number of active cases dropped to 84,627.

Mumbai city reported 858 positive cases during the day, which pushed its overall count to 2,67,606, while its death toll rose to 10,525 after 19 more patients succumbed to the infection, he said.

The state has so far conducted 96,64,275 tests.