After recording more than 2,000 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, Maharashtra novel coronavirus cases cross 52,000-mark today.
The total number of confirmed Covid-19 patients in the state increased to 52,667 after 2,436 people reported positive since Sunday, according to the state health department.
With 60 more fatalities reported in the state, the death toll also rose to 1,695 today, it said. Along with that, as many as 1,186 patients got discharged after recovering from the highly contagious disease today, taking the total number of recovered patients in the state to 15,786.
Of these fresh cases, 42 new Covid-19 positive cases have been reported in Mumbai's Dharavi area today, taking the total number of cases to 1,583.