MUMBAI : The state of Maharashtra on Monday reported 407 new Covid-19 cases taking the tally to 78,65,707.
The state also recorded four fatalities due to the infection taking the death toll to 1,43,701, an official said. On Sunday, the state had recorded 782 cases and two fatalities. "Until now, 9,382 samples have been sent for genome sequencing.
Of these, results of 8,333 patients have been received, while 1,049 results are awaited," he informed. The discharge of 967 people in the last 24 hours increased the recovery count to 77,11,343, which is 98.04% of the caseload, he said.
According to the data published by the state health department, Mumbai recorded 73 fresh cases and Pune city 45. No Covid related deaths were reported in both these cities.