The state's daily count continued to surge, and on Wednesday, over 23,000 fresh cases were reported, as the total COVID count crossed 11 lakh cases. While Pune continued to have the highest daily count, Mumbai's numbers also shot up once again to over 2,300 cases along with 50 COVID-related deaths.

State health department officials reported that among the fresh cases, Pune took the lead once again with 3,902 cases followed by Mumbai with 2,378 cases. Other districts with a high daily count include Nagpur with 1,974 cases, Pimpri Chinchwad with 1,147 cases and Ahmednagar with 1,128 cases. In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, barring Thane and Kalyan-Dombivli that had more than 550 cases each, all other districts had less than 400 cases each.