The numbers in the state increased marginally to over 5,600 cases on Friday, taking its total tally to 17.68 lakh cases while the number of COVID-related fatalities continued to be over 150. The city's daily count rose further over 1,000 cases even as the number of COVID-related casualties remained low.

State health department officials reported that among the fresh cases, Mumbai took the lead with 1,031 cases followed by Pune with 583 cases, and Nagpur with 463 cases. In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, while Thane had 261 new cases, all other districts had less than 200 cases each.