With 116 fresh Covid-19 deaths recorded in the state in the last 24 hours, Maharashtra's coronavirus death toll rise to 2,098, according tot the state health department.
The three-digit rise in the number of Covid-19 fatalities in the state is the highest since the outbreak. The total number of cases also surpassed 62,000-mark after 2,683 more cases were reported since Thursday, it said.
Of these fresh deaths, no new death was reported in Dharavi area of Mumbai today and the death toll stood at 70. However, 41 patients tested positive in the last 24 hours in the are, taking the total number of positive cases to 1,715, said Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).