The daily count of new COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra dipped on Thursday, as fewer than 20,000 cases were reported, taking the total tally to 12.82 lakh. Mumbai, however, continued to report more than 2,000 cases on Thursday along with 54 COVID-related deaths as more than 27,000 patients are currently being treated in the city. Pune led with 2,810 cases.

Other districts with a high daily count include Nagpur with 1,571 cases, Nashik with 1,231 and Sangli with 905. In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, while Thane had 698 new cases, Kalyan-Dombivli had 469 and all other districts had less than 350 cases each. The city currently has more than 7,500 symptomatic patients.