Nashik, Sep 2 (PTI) The COVID-19 tally in Nashik district of Maharashtra rose to 4,05,653 with 136 new cases on Thursday, health officials said.

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The virus claimed four lives during the day, which pushed the death toll in the district to 8,587, they said.

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As 86 patients recuperated on Thursday, the COVID-19 recovery count in the district went up to 3,96,003.

As many as 24,64,112 samples have been tested so far, 5,385 of them on Thursday alone, the officials said.

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