After a dip in COVID-19 cases on Monday in the state, the number shot up both in the city and state on Tuesday. There were over 60K cases in the state while the city numbers stayed below 10k on the second consecutive day. Interestingly, for the second day in a row, the city recorded higher discharges than new cases.

The state recorded 60,212 new cases, taking the total tally of Maharashtra to 35.19 lakh. On Tuesday the COVID-related deaths recorded in the state were 281 taking the total to 58,526 deaths in all.