The state crossed 15 lakh cases on Friday with another 12,134 fresh cases along with more than 300 COVID-related deaths. While Mumbai's daily count continued to remain well above 2,000 cases, the numbers were comparatively lower and there was some progress in the recovery rate as well.

State health department officials reported that among the fresh cases, Mumbai continued to lead with 2,289 cases followed by Pune with 1,456 and Nagpur with 773.