Maharashtra has reported 6,269 fresh coronavirus positive cases and 224 fatalities, taking the tally to 62,58,079 and the toll to 1,31,429, a health department official said. A total of 7,332 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, pushing the number of recoveries in Maharashtra to 60,29,817, leaving the state with 93,479 active cases.

Maharashtra's Covid-19 recovery rate now stands at 96.35 per cent whereas the fatality rate is 2.1 per cent, the official said. Parbhani city in the Marathwada region did not record any new coronavirus infection for the third day in a row, he said. Mumbai saw 410 new cases and 9 deaths due to Covid-19, taking the tally to 7,33,754 and the toll to 15,827, the official said.