Thane, Mar 21 (PTI) With the addition of 10 coronavirus cases, the infection count in Thane district of Maharashtra mounted to 7,08,682, an official said on Monday.

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These new cases were reported on Sunday, he said.

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The fatality count remained unchanged at 11,879 as no fresh death due to COVID-19 was reported in the Thane district, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.

The mortality rate is 1.67 per cent, he added.

In the neighboring Palghar district, the COVID-19 case count has gone up to 1,63,448 while the overall death toll is 3,392, a local official said.

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