With a marginal increase, the state reported over 5,000 fresh cases on Tuesday along with over 100 COVID-related deaths. Mumbai, meanwhile, continued to report around 800 cases while a drop was seen in the number of fatalities as all wards in the city now have a doubling rate of over 100 days.

State health department officials reported that among the fresh cases, Mumbai took the lead with 801 cases followed by Pune with 463 and Nashik with 395. In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, while Thane had 281 new cases, all other districts had less than 150 each.