Maharashtra in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative caseload to 78,70,951, the state health department said on Saturday.
Further, two more people succumbed to the disease. With this, the death toll due to Covid-19 in the state has reached 1,43,752.
The case fatality rate in Maharashtra is now 1.82%. Of the total, Mumbai accounted for 31 new Covid cases. The city saw no fatalities due to the infection on the sixth consecutive day, as per the civic department.
Mumbai's overall caseload now stands at 10,57,219 while the death toll remained unchanged at 16,692. Out of the eight administrative circles (each comprising several districts), the Pune circle recorded 149 new coronavirus infections, followed by Mumbai (70), Nashik (56), Akola (14), Aurangabad (six), Kolhapur and Latur (five each) and Nagpur (19).