Maharashtra sees record jump in daily Covid deaths at 568; Mumbai’s new cases remain below 8,000
As many as 67,468 new Covid-19 cases were reported on Wednesday, taking the caseload to over 4 million which includes 61,911 deaths, 3,268,449 recoveries
FILE PHOTO: People wait to board passenger buses during rush hour at a bus terminal, amidst the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Mumbai, India, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni/File Photo
Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded the highest ever-single day spike in deaths due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) with 568 succumbing in the last 24 hours, according to the state health department's bulletin.
As many as 67,468 new Covid-19 cases were reported on Wednesday, taking the caseload to over 4 million which includes 61,911 deaths, 3,268,449 recoveries, the bulletin showed.
The state capital Mumbai however continued to report less than 8,000 cases on Wednesday at 7,654 and the total cases in the city have climbed to 601,713.
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More than 12,500 people have died so far in Mumbai with 62 deaths more reported in the last 24 hours.
