India News | COVID-19: Maha Reports 6,738 New Cases; 8,430 Recover, 91 Die

Mumbai, Oct 28 (PTI) The number of coronavirus positive patients in Maharashtra rose to 16,60,766 with the addition of 6,738 cases on Wednesday, a state health department official said.

The fatality count in the state reached 43,554 after 91 persons died due to the infection, he said.

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A total of 8,430 patients were discharged during the day, which took the tally of recovered persons to 14,86,926, the official said.

With this, the number of active cases in the state stands at 1,29,746.

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Mumbai city reported 1,354 positive cases during the day, which pushed its overall case count to 2,54,240, while its death toll rose to 10,196 with the addition of 31 latest fatalities.

The state has so far conducted 87,68,879 tests.

Maharashtra's COVID-19 tally is as follows: Positive cases: 16,60,766, new cases: 6,738, death toll: 43,554, discharged: 14,86,926, active cases: 1,29,746, people tested so far: 87,68,879.

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