Mumbai on Tuesday recorded highest deaths caused due to the novel Coronavirus. The death toll in the city has increased to 556, with 28 new casualties. Maharashtra health department officials recorded as many as 53 fatalities across the state, which increased the total toll to 921.

The officials said 1026 new infections were reported across Maharashtra, including 426 in the city, on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 24,427. Names of additional 206 patients, who tested positive, have not been added to the official figure of confirmed cases that stands at 14,947 now.