Maharashtra on Sunday reported as many as 50 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total number of infections since the beginning of the spread of novel coronavirus to 81,72,135 nearly three years ago, said a daily health bulletin issued by the health department, reported the PTI.

According to the PTI, the bulletin said that of the fresh cases, nine were caused by JN.1, increasing the number of infections tied to the new sub-variant to 10.