With the current positivity rate, Maharashtra's active Covid-19 caseload may reach the three lakh-mark by the first week of April, Maharashtra health secretary Pradeep Vyas said on Thursday.
Maharashtra on Thursday recorded 25,833 new coronavirus cases, the highest one-day spike since last March when the first coronavirus infection was detected.
It took the caseload to 23,96,340, said a health official. With 58 fatalities, the death toll jumped to 53,138.
Mumbai’s Covid-19 tally increased to 3,52,851 and eight deaths took the fatality count to 11,559.
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