With more than 10,000 fresh cases, the state's COVID-19 tally reached 15.28 lakh as the number of fatalities crossed the 40,000 mark. Mumbai, however, continued to record a daily count of over 2,000 cases and registered 42 COVID deaths on Sunday. While Maharashtra's recovery rate saw some progress as it increased to 80.86 per cent, the city's remained steady at 84 per cent.

State health department officials reported that among the fresh cases, Mumbai continues to lead with 2,170 infections followed by Pune with 1,323 cases and Nashik with 608 cases. In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), while Thane had 554 new cases, Kalyan-Dombivli 330 cases and all other districts had less than 300 cases each.