Thane, Oct 24 (PTI) With the addition of 201 new cases of coronavirus, the infection count in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 5,64,494, an official said on Sunday.

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Besides these new cases reported on Saturday, the virus also claimed the lives of four more people, which raised the death toll in the district to 11,477, he said.

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The COVID-19 mortality rate in the district stood at 2.03 per cent, he added.

In neighbouring Palghar district, the COVID-19 case count has gone up to 1,37,763, while the death toll stands at 3,282, another official said.

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