The COVID-19 numbers shot up over the 67K mark on Wednesday in the state, but the number of deaths are the highest ever figures, crossing the 500 mark for the second day in a row. The city numbers continued to be below 10K but were the highest ever deaths too. The state has crossed a cumulative 40 lakh positive cases and the city crossed 6 lakh.

The state recorded 67,468 new cases taking the total tally of Maharashtra to 40.27 lakh. The COVID-related deaths recorded in the state were 568, taking the total to 61,911 deaths in all.