Th total number of novel coronavirus cases in Maharashtra today shot past 19,000 after 1,089 more patients were declared Covid-19 positive in the last 24 hours.
The state currently has 19,063 coronavirus cases since the outbreak, health minister official said. The death toll in the state also increased to 731 after 37 more people died from the highly contagious disease, it said.
Out of the 1,089 fresh cases, Mumbai alone registered 748 new patients since yesterday, taking the city's tally to 11,967. Along with that, 25 new death were also reported in the city increasing the death toll to 462.
Apart from that, Dharavi, Asia's largest slum, reported 25 new cases. The Covid-19 count in that area now stands at 808, while the death toll is at