Thane, May 24 (PTI) The number of COVID-19 cases in Thane district touched 5,701 on Sunday, with the two minor sons of a Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation official among the 314 ones who tested positive for novel coronavirus, an official said.

The rise was 127 in Thane city, taking the count to 2,018, while two deaths took the toll to 67.

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In KDMC, the number of cases detected on Sunday was 46, while it was 85 in Navi Mumbai, the official said.

The number of deaths in the district stood at 172.

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"The cases in TMC are 2018, KDMC 773, MBMC 499, NMMC 1646," he said.

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