Maharashtra, which is the worst affected state in terms surge in the number of coronavirus cases, has reported 51,751 new COVID19 cases and 258 cases on Monday, as per the state health bulletin.
Though the state continued to report high number of cases, today's number is lower than yesterday's count of 63,294, which was the highest single-day spike.
However, this happened in the backdrop of record number of test done in the span of 24 hours.With todays numbers, the total tally reached 34,58,996, while the active cases stands at 5,64,746.