With more than 11,800 cases, the state's COVID count crossed 5.5 lakh on Thursday while Pune reported the highest daily count among other districts with 1,544 cases followed by Mumbai with 1,200 cases. Meanwhile, there was a rise in the count of fatalities as more than 400 COVID-related deaths were reported in the state and Pune led with 73 deaths.

State health department officials said that barring Mumbai, all other districts in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region reported under 400 cases each. In other districts, 864 cases were reported in Nashik, 848 in Pimpri Chinchwad and 837 cases in Kolhapur. The recovery rate of the state now stands at 69.8 per cent and while 9,115 patients were discharged in the state, 884 patients were discharged in Mumbai after a full recovery. There are 1.49 lakh patients who are currently being treated in the state and while Pune has more than 40,000 active cases, both Pune and Mumbai have less than 20,000 active cases each.