With the number of deaths due to the COVID-19 increasing in the state, a total of 123 patients died on Thursday, taking the toll to 2,710. The state also recorded 2,933 fresh cases, of which 1,439 were from Mumbai. The city's total cases count now stands at 45,000.

State health department officials said that among the 123 deaths, 48 occurred in Mumbai, 21 in Jalgaon, nine in Pune, eight in Thane, six in Navi Mumbai, seven in Solapur, five in Aurangabad, three each in Raigad and Nashik, two each in Parbhani and Washim and one each in Vasai-Virar, Palghar, Panvel, Dhule, Jalna, Latur, Osmanabad, Nanded and Yavatmal. While 71 of the patients who died were senior citizens, 92 of them were suffering from other ailments. Officials said that while 30 of the deaths occurred in the last two days, the rest took place between April 30 and June 1.