Mumbai: In a fresh report, the Health Department official said that one hundred and fifty people tested positive for coronavirus infection in Maharashtra on Tuesday, taking the number of COVID-19 patients to 1,018 in the state.
He said that Maharashtra became the first state in the country to report more than 1,000 coronovirus cases.
He said that 116 of the 150 patients found in Mumbai had died on Tuesday.
The official said three new cases have been reported from Pune (18), Ahmednagar, Nagpur and Aurangabad, two each from Thane and Buldana and one each from Satara, Ratnagiri and Sangli.
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The death toll due to coronavirus in India has risen to 124, according to the latest update by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
The total number of cases has risen to 4,789, while the number of active cases stands at 4,312. The total number of people who have been cured, discharged or migrated stands at 353.
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