Maharashtra's COVID-19 tally rose to 1,80,298 with 5,537 fresh cases

Maharashtra's COVID-19 tally rose to 1,80,298 on Wednesday with the addition of 5,537 cases, the state health department said. The death toll due to the virus reached 8,053 with 198 more people succumbing to the infection, it said. 

As many as 2,243



patientswere discharged post recovery on Wednesday, which took the number of recovered persons to 93,154 in the state, it added. 

So far, 9,92,723 people have been tested across the state and the number of active cases is 79,091, the health department said in a statement.