Mumbai, Nov 8 (PTI) Maharashtra reported 5,092 new coronavirus positive cases on Sunday, which pushed the state's overall infection count to 17,19,858, the health department said.

As the virus claimed 110 more lives, the death toll went up to 45,250, it said.

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A total of 8,232 patients were discharged during the day, due to which the recovery count further increased to 15,77,322, the department said in a statement.

Maharashtra's recovery rate is now 91.71 per cent, while the fatality rate is 2.63 per cent.

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There are 96,372 active cases in the state now.

As many as 94,40,535 people have been tested so far, it said.

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