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Mumbai: Maximum City witnesses 2877 new cases, eight deaths

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Mar 19, 2021, 06:51:05 IST

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Mumbai: Maximum City witnesses 2877 new cases, eight deaths

Maharashtra on Wednesday reported this year's highest-ever spike in COVID-19 cases amid rising concerns. The state reported as many as 23,179 new cases of coronavirus in a single day. There are 1,52,760 active cases in the state at present. Mumbai city reported 2,377 new cases, taking the COVID-19 tally to 3,49,974, while eight deaths took the fatality count to 11,551. Meanwhile, in another development, IPS officer Hemant Nagrale took charge as Mumbai police chief after his predecessor Param Bir Singh was transferred to the state Home Guard as announced by the state government in the afternoon. Singh was under flak over the handling of the bomb scare outside industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence and Mansukh Hiren case.

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09:34 (IST) Mar 18

Mumbai: 245 people fined for not wearing mask

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09:16 (IST) Mar 18

Fadnavis: Mansukh Hiren was murdered, top cops buried evidence to save political bosses in Ambani case

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08:55 (IST) Mar 18

Mumbai: Suburban AC train's window glass damaged in stone pelting incident

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08:51 (IST) Mar 18

Mumbai:Sack Deshmukh, says state BJP

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08:31 (IST) Mar 18

Vasai: Fire in Diwanman market

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08:21 (IST) Mar 18

Covid Vaccination: Prakash Javadekar claims 56 per cent of vaccines remain unused in Maharashtra; state counters the claim

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07:43 (IST) Mar 18

Thane: Active COVID cases cross 3,000 mark; restrictions imposed

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07:06 (IST) Mar 18

Mumbai:Jumbo vax centre to come up at Vashi

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06:46 (IST) Mar 18

Navi Mumbai: Fire breaks out at Belapur's at Parsik Hill area near Vipassana Meditation Center

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06:36 (IST) Mar 18

Ambani security scare: Mumbai Police commissioner shunted

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06:32 (IST) Mar 18

Massive surge in new COVID-19 cases in Thane

06:32 (IST) Mar 18

A look at COVID situation in Kalyan-Dombivli

06:32 (IST) Mar 18

Over 2,300 new COVID cases in Mumbai

06:31 (IST) Mar 18

Maharashtra's COVID-19 figures are as follows:

Positive cases: 23,70,507 |New cases: 23,179 | Death toll: 53,080 | Discharged: 21,63,391 | Active cases: 1,52,760,

06:30 (IST) Mar 18

Maharashtra's single-day COVID-19 count crosses 23,000 mark

Maharashtra reported as many as 23,179 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, which is the highest single-day infection count so far in 2021. This is the sixth highest one-day spike of infection cases in the state since the pandemic began last year. With these new cases, Maharashtra's overall infection count rose to 23,70,507.

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