Maharashtra crossed 5 lakh COVID-19 cases on Saturday, even as the state recorded its highest daily count of more than 12,800 cases. Since a high number of patients were also discharged the same day, the state's recovery rate continued to rise up to 67.26 per cent.

After a dip for a couple of days, Mumbai's daily count rose to more than 1,300 cases, while Pune continued to lead with 1,894 cases. A high count of cases was seen in other districts as well—Nashik (736), Jalgaon (656), Ahmednagar (607) and Thane (536). While 11,081 patients were discharged in the state, 1,454 were discharged in Mumbai after a full recovery. While there are 1.47 lakh COVID-19 patients who are currently being treated in the state, Mumbai's count of active cases is less than 20,000, and it ranks third highest after Pune with 41,266 and Thane with 22,943 active cases.