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Maharashtra sees biggest single-day spike of 14,888 new coronavirus cases
Mumbai: Maharashtra on Wednesday reported a single-day highest spike of 14,888 coronavirus cases which took the case count to 7,18,711, a health official said.The previous highest increase in the cases was 14,492, recorded on August 21.On Wednesday, the death toll in Maharashtra due to the pandemic reached 23,089 with addition of 295 fatalities.On the other hand, 7,637 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the number of recovered cases to 5,22,427.There are 1,72,873 active cases in the state now, the health official said.In state capital Mumbai, 1,854 new cases and 28 deaths were reported during the day.