Mumbai's daily COVID-19 count increased again on Wednesday, after witnessing a drop for the past few days. The city reported 1,609 of the 8,142 new cases recorded across the state, pushing the growth rate above 1 per cent once again.

Pune recorded the second highest cases at 1,176, followed by Nagpur with 447 new infections, said the state health department officials. In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, while Thane had 391 new cases, Navi Mumbai had 270 cases and all other districts had less than 250 cases each.