After nearly three months, the state on Friday saw the number of new COVID-19 cases surge past 6,000. The state had last reported more than 6,000 cases in November end, and was registering more than 5,000 infections over the past two days. Mumbai, which had reported over 700 cases on Thursday, also saw the daily tally surge beyond 800 on Friday.

Daily casualties also spiked slightly in comparison to past few days and touched 44 on Friday. The government and civic corporations again asked citizens to mandatorily follow all the COVID-19 appropriate behaviour. The BMC, meanwhile, said it is monitoring the situation closely.