The number of cases in the state continued to rise with 5,535 new cases on Thursday taking the total tally up to 17.63 lakh, while the number of COVID-related fatalities went up to over 150. The city's daily count also increased to more than 900 cases even as the number of COVID-19-related casualties indicated a drop.

State health department officials reported that among the fresh cases, Mumbai took the lead with 924 cases followed by Pune with 622 cases and Nagpur with 369 cases. In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, while Thane had 272 new cases, all other districts had less than 200 cases each.