Maharashtra rose above 40,000 to 40,956 again on Tuesday, a day after dropping below 40,000 to 37,236 on Monday.Maharashtra's overall caseload now stands at 51,79,929 while 793 fatalities pushed the toll 77,191, the state health department said.On the other hand, 71,966 patients were discharged on Tuesday, taking the count of recoveries so far in Maharashtra to 45,41,391, it said.Maharashtra is now left with 5,58,996 active Covid-19 cases.Maharashtra had reported 39,544 cases on March 31.
The state had reported 54,022 cases on May 7, 53,605 on May 8 and 48,401 on May 9.Mumbai saw 1,717 new cases, taking the tally to 6,79,986 while with 51 deaths, the overall fatality count stood at 13,942, the health department said.The city also saw 6,082.