Maharashtra recorded 43,211 new coronavirus cases, down by 3,195 from a day ago, and 19 fresh fatalities linked to the infection, the health department said.

The state also reported 238 new cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, raising their overall count to 1,605, a health department official said. With these additions, Maharashtra's tally of Covid-19 cases jumped to 71,24,278, while the death toll climbed to 1,41,756, he said.