Maharashtra recorded the highest number of single-day deaths on Tuesday at 97, with more than 2,000 fresh cases added to the state's COVID-19 count. However, there was a marginal drop in Mumbai's COVID-19 cases count with 1,002 new ones reported on Tuesday. This has taken the total tally in the city to 33,000 cases.

Of the total number of deaths, state officials said that 35 happened in the last two days and the rest occurred between April 17 and May 23. Thirty-seven of the patients were senior citizens and 65 of them were suffering from other ailments like diabetes and hypertension. The state's death toll stands at 1,792 and while 39 of the deaths confirmed on Tuesday were from Mumbai, 15 took place in Thane, 10 in Kalyan-Dombivali, eight in Pune, seven in Solapur, five each in Aurangabad and Mira-Bhayandar, three each in Malegaon and Ulhasnagar and one each in Nagpur and Ratnagiri. State health officials said that while 2,091 new cases were reported in Maharashtra, 1,168 patients were discharged after full recovery. While the state's total count stands at 54,758 cases, officials said currently 36,004 patients were being treated at various healthcare facilities.