IN a significant drop in the number of COVID-19 fatalities recorded by the state, 46 deaths were reported on Tuesday, making it the lowest in months. The daily count of cases remained a little over 3,700 as the total tally reached 17.26 lakh. The city too saw a decline as the daily count dropped to around 500 fresh cases along with less than 20 deaths.

STATE health department officials reported that among the fresh cases, Mumbai took the lead with 535 cases followed by Pune with 347 cases and Nagpur with 287 cases. In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, while Thane had 175 new cases, all other districts had less than 100 cases each.