Also read: Why Hollywood studios’ romance for Bollywood has prematurely souredAs many as 2,774 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the state's recovery count to 17,49,973, the official added.Maharashtra has 73,315 active patients now.Mumbai division, which comprises Mumbai city and its satellite towns, reported 1,301 fresh cases, which took its total count to 6,46,450.
A total of 18,688 people have died so far in the region, he added.Mumbai city recorded 654 positive cases on Friday, which pushed its overall case count to 2,89,350, while its death toll rose to 10,955, of which 13 were reported during the day.The number of cases in the Pune division stood at 4,66,249 and deaths at 11,029, while the Nashik division's cumulative.