The number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra continued to climb, rising by more than 6,000 on Wednesday and the total count reached around 17.95 lakh infections. The daily fatalities due to the disease rose by 65 in the state, including 17 in Mumbai. The daily infections in the city again rose by 1,144.

State health department officials confirmed 6,159 new cases, including 1,144 in Mumbai, followed by Pune with 796 cases and Nashik with 359. In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), while Thane reported 294 new cases, Kalyan-Dombivli saw 215 new infections and all other districts had fewer than 200 cases each.