Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Saturday said that the peak of Covid-19 third wave is over in the state as Covid-19 cases are reducing in cities like Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Palghar that were worst hit.

"Yes, I can say that peak of the third wave has over now because Covid-19 cases are reducing in cities like Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Palghar where the situation was worst during the recent wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Although in some parts of Maharashtra still, the cases are moving upward," Tope told ANI.