The COVID-19 infection continued to spread in the state with more than 24,000 fresh cases reported on Thursday, taking the total tally to 11.45 lakh. However, there was a minor progress in the recovery rate of patients. Mumbai's count too continued to rise with more than 2,400 cases and 43 COVID-related deaths over the past 24 hours.

State health department officials said that of the fresh cases, Pune took the lead once again with 3,981 infections followed by Mumbai with 2,411 cases. Other districts with a high daily count include Nagpur with 2,176 cases, Nashik with 1,859 cases and Sangli with 1,012 cases.