For the second consecutive day, Maharashtra, on Friday, witnessed over 6,000 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. The state reported 6,364 new Covid-19 cases, which is its biggest single-day spike so far, taking its virus count to 1,92,990. On Thursday too, the state had reported more than 6,000 new virus cases.
198 more virus-related deaths in the last 24 hours
took the state's death toll to 8,376. There are 79,911 active cases in the state at the moment, the state health department said in its daily bulletin.
On the other hand, 3,515 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the number of recovered cases to 1,04, 687, said an official release.
So far 10,49,277 people have been tested in the state.