With a dip in the numbers and with the discharge of over 32,000 patients, the state's recovery rate showed some progress as 15,738 fresh cases were reported on Monday. The city's daily count also dropped to around 1,800 cases as did the number of COVID-related fatalities.

State health department officials reported that among the fresh cases, Nashik took the lead with 2,045 cases followed by Pune with 1,968. Other districts with a high daily count were Mumbai with 1,837 cases, Nagpur with 1,090 and Kolhapur with 947. Outside of Mumbai, barring Thane with 597 cases, all other districts had less than 450 cases each.