Mumbai, Aug 6 (PTI) With the highest single-day spike of 11,514 COVID-19 cases, Maharashtra's tally reached 4,79,779 on Thursday, the state health department said.

As the virus claimed another 316 lives, the state's death toll climbed to 16,792, it said.

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A statement from the department said that 10,854 patients recovered and were discharged on Thursday.

With this, the number of recoveries went up to 3,16,375.

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There are 1,46,305 active patients in the state at present, it said, adding that as many as 24,87,990 people have been tested so far.

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