For yet another day, more than 21,000 fresh cases were reported in the state along with more than 400 COVID-19-related deaths on Friday. The final tally of cases now stands at 11.67 lakh. With 52 fatalities, Mumbai's daily count was well above 2,000 cases while the active cases are more than 34,000.

State health department officials reported that among the fresh cases, Pune took the lead once again with 3,231 cases followed by Mumbai with 2,283 cases. Other districts with a high daily count include Nagpur with 2,106 cases, Ahmednagar with 995 cases and Satara with 902 cases. In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), barring Thane with 876 cases and Kalyan Dombivli with 557 cases, all other districts had less than 300 cases each.