Maharashtra reported 6,600 new coronavirus cases and 231 fatalities while 7,431 patients were discharged from hospitals, a health official said.

The caseload in the state rose to 62,96,756 and the death toll reached 1,32,566. The tally of recovered patients rose to 60,83,319. The number of active cases decreased to 77,494 from 78,562 the day before. There are 4,79,553 people in home quarantine and 3,289 in institutional quarantine.