Thane, Aug 19 (PTI) With the addition of 207 new cases of coronavirus, the infection count in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 5,48,779, an official said on Thursday.

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These new cases were reported on Wednesday, he said.

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The virus also claimed the lives of seven more people, raising the death toll in the district to 11,207, he said, adding that the COVID-19 mortality rate in Thane stood at 2.04 per cent.

In neighbouring Palghar district, the COVID-19 case count has gone up to 1,34,086, while the death toll has reached 3,274, another official said.

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