Mumbai's daily COVID count shot up once again on Wednesday with the city recording more than 2,800 fresh cases and 46 deaths. While there was marginal progress in the recovery rate, the state's count was comparatively higher as well with nearly 15,000 cases, as the death toll crossed the 39,000 mark.

State health department officials reported that among the fresh cases, Mumbai continues to lead with 2,848 infections followed by Pune with 1,817 cases and Ahmednagar with 1,108 cases. In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, while Thane had 637 new cases, Kalyan-Dombivli saw 443 cases and all other districts had less than 400 cases each.