The state recorded more than 500 deaths and 20,000 new cases on Tuesday, thereby taking the total count close to nearly 11 lakh mark with over 2.9 lakh active cases. However, after reporting more than 2,000 cases for several days, Mumbai's count dropped to around 1,500 cases on Tuesday even as the number of fatalities rose to nearly 50 deaths.

State health department officials reported that among the fresh cases, Pune took the lead once again with 3,191 cases followed by Nagpur with 1,800. Other districts with a high daily count include Mumbai with 1,586 cases, Nashik with 2,416 and Satara with 1,117. In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, barring Thane, all other districts had less than 450 cases each.