On Friday, another 8,303 fresh cases were reported in Maharashtra as the total count now inches toward the 3-lakh mark while Mumbai has nearly one lakh COVID-19 cases with 1,214 new cases added to the tally on Friday.

While the N ward joined the list of wards with more than 5,000 cases each, the city's average daily growth rate rose to 1.34 per cent. State health department officials said that barring Mumbai, a high number of cases were reported from other districts in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) including 631 cases from Thane and 461 from Kalyan.