Six more deaths were reported in the state on Friday and of them, at least two were in Mumbai. While new cases continued to be reported from across the city, out of the 67 new cases in Maharashtra, 43 of them were from Mumbai and the state's count of COVID-19 patients rose to 490.

Among those who tested positive in the city on Friday, was a 50-year-old woman from GTB Nagar in Sion. "She has been admitted to Somaiya Hospital. She was confirmed as a positive case by a private laboratory and Kasturba Hospital has confirmed one test and will carry out another one," said the civic official. He added that she had no history of international travel and three other members of her family will be tested if Kasturba confirms her second test.

The three-day-old baby and her mother who were initially admitted at Sai Hospital in Chembur have both tested negative. A private laboratory had tested them as positive. However, Kasturba Hospital tested them as negative in two consecutive tests.