After a two-day respite, both the city and state saw a sharp spike in daily COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. While Maharashtra saw more than 8,000 fresh infections, Mumbai recorded 1,167 new cases. Even the deaths recorded across the state over the last 24 hours have been the highest in the last one-and-a-half months.

With the state recording 8,807 new infections, Maharashtra’s total tally reached 21.21 lakh. The total number of COVID-related deaths recorded in the state over the past 24 hours is 80, with the total toll hitting 51,937.