Maharashtra reports 13,659 new coronavirus cases, highest spike this year

Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded 13,659 new coronavirus cases, the highest one-day spike this year, which took the state's caseload to 22,52,057, a health official. With 54 fatalities, the death toll stood at 52,610, he said.

On October 8 the



state had reported 13,395 cases after which the number of daily cases had declined. As many as 9,913 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day, taking the total of recoveries to 20,99,207.

There are 99,008 active cases in the state.