Thane: 432 new Covid-19 cases, 18 more deaths

Commuters queue up at a Kandivli bus stop. Pic/Satej Shinde

With the addition of 432 new cases of coronavirus, the infection count in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 5,30,720, an official said on Sunday.

Besides these new cases reported on Saturday, the virus also claimed the lives of 18 more people, raising the death toll in the district to 10,629.

The Covid-19 mortality rate in Thane is two per cent, he added.

Details of recovered and under-treatment patients were not provided by the district administration.

In neighbouring Palghar district, the Covid-19 case count has gone up to 1,16,033, while the death toll has reached 2,537, another official said.

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