A day after the state saw a drop in the numbers of new COVID-19 infections, the daily count grew again as more than 8,000 cases were registered on Tuesday, taking the total tally to 16.09 lakh. The city's count, however, dropped to around 1,000 cases on Tuesday while the number of COVID-related fatalities remained well above 40 deaths.

State health department officials reported that among the fresh cases, Mumbai took the lead with 1,091 cases followed by Nagpur with 1,041 and Pune with 939. In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, while Thane had 301 new cases, all other districts had less than 250 cases each.