Maharashtra's COVID-19 death toll crossed the 6,000 mark on Sunday after 186 deaths were reported. Nearly 3,900 fresh cases have emerged in the state, of which 1,159 are from Mumbai. With this the state's recovery rate dropped marginally on Sunday.

According to the state health department, 110 deaths were added to Mumbai's tally on Sunday taking the city's total death toll to 3,671. The officials, however, clarified that while 41 of these deaths occurred in the city in the last 48 hours, the rest happened earlier. Apart from Mumbai, 29 deaths occurred in Thane, 14 in Pune, seven in Nashik, four in Akola and one each in Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Latur, Amravati, Buldhana and Washim. The mortality rate for the state continues to be 4.67 per cent.