With the number of COVID-19 deaths increasing in the city, Mumbai recorded 73 on Friday, all of which took place over the past 48 hours. For the first time in weeks, no backlog of deaths was added to the toll. The state's count of cases increased by 6,364, the highest jump recorded in a single day, taking the total close to the 2-lakh mark.

State health department officials said Maharashtra recorded 198 COVID-related deaths on Friday and of them, 150 occurred in the last 48 hours. Among the recent deaths, barring the 73 in Mumbai, 18 deaths were from Pune, 11 from Thane, six from Aurangabad, five each from Kalyan-Dombivli, Vasai-Virar, Solapur, Jalgaon and Jalna, three each from Akola and Bhiwandi, two from Dhule and one each from Ulhasnagar, Mira-Bhayandar, Malegaon, Nandurbar, Latur, Amravati and Gondia. Two other deaths were of people from other states.