On Saturday, Maharashtra recorded 1,931 new Covid-19 cases and nine deaths, the state health department said. According to the latest report from the BJ Medical College Pune, 14 patients of BA.5 and 35 patients of BA.2.75 have been found in the state, the release further added.

While one case of BA.2.75 is from Solapur and two cases from Akola, all remaining 46 cases (32 cases of BA.2.75 and 14 cases of BA.5) are from Pune. These are positive cases from July 20 to 28, 2022. "Adding these cases, the BA.4 and BA.5 patient tally in the state increases to 272 and that of BA.2.75 to 234," said the health official.