The state reported more than 20,000 cases once again on Tuesday taking the tally of total COVID-19 cases to 9.43 lakh in Maharashtra. Mumbai, after consistently reporting around 35 deaths for the past week, reported more than 40 deaths on Tuesday whereas its daily count dropped to around 1,300 cases.

State health department officials said that Pune led with more than 3,000 cases followed by Nashik with 1,857. Other districts with a high daily count include Nagpur with 1,390, Mumbai with 1,346 and Pimpri-Chinchwad with 917. In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, barring Thane, all other districts reported less than 300 cases each.