Maharashtra sees 5,092 new COVID-19 cases

Maharashtra reported 5,092 new coronavirus positive cases on Sunday, which pushed the state''s overall infection count to 17,19,858, the health department said.

As the virus claimed 110 more lives, the death toll went up to 45,250, it said.

A total of 8,232 patients were discharged during the day that took the recovery count further to



15,77,322, the department said in a statement.

Maharashtra's recovery rate is now 91.71 per cent, while the fatality rate is 2.63 per cent.

There are 96,372 active cases in the state at present.

As many as 94,40,535 people have been tested across the state so far. Of these, 62,004 tests were conducted on Sunday, the statement said.