Ashok Khairnar, assistant municipal commissioner of H East ward died, on Saturday afternoon at Fortis Hospital. Khairnar, 56, had spent more than 30 years with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and civic sources said he had been hospitalised since testing positive on July 3. After testing positive, Khairnar was first admitted to Gurunanak Hospital in Kalanagar. "When his condition deteriorated, he was shifted to Seven Hills Hospital where, he was put on the ventilator. For more specialised care, he was shifted to Mulund's Fortis Hospital on Friday. He passed away at 1 pm on Saturday," said a senior civic official.

The numbers on Saturday showed the disease continues to spread with the state recording an all-time high of 8,139 cases, taking the total tally to 2.46 lakh cases, even as Mumbai recorded 1,284 cases. With 223 COVID-related deaths, Maharashtra's death toll crossed the 10,000 mark.