A day after reporting its lowest death toll within a 48-hour window over the past two months, Mumbai registered a spike again. Officials said 57 COVID-19 patients died over the past 48 hours in the city, while one succumbed to the deadly respiratory disease earlier.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra reported its highest daily infections so far at 6,330, while in the city the count of COVID-19 cases increased by more than 1,500 cases for the second consecutive day. The state's death toll reached 8,178 with 125 new casualties recorded on Thursday, including 58 in the city where so far 4,689 have died due to the deadly virus.