For the first since the COVID pandemic broke out, Maharashtra has crossed the 30,000 mark in a single day. With the second wave already in full swing, the daily numbers continue to surge in Mumbai as well. The state recorded 30,535 numbers of new cases, taking the total tally of Maharashtra to 24.79 lakh. 

As on Saturday, daily coronavirus infections in Mumbai moved ahead of all its previous records with 3,779 new cases, putting the civic administration under immense pressure. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region saw cases rising above the 6000 mark, with Thane, Navi Mumbai and Kalyan-Dombivali municipal corporations 666, 467 and 764 respectively.