Maharashtra reported the highest single-day count of more than 11,000 cases on Thursday, taking its total tally to 4.11 lakh cases. However, the state’s recovery rate crossed 60 per cent even as 266 new COVID-related deaths were reported.

State health department officials said that of the 11,147 fresh cases, Pune had more than 2,300 infections while Mumbai accounted for 1,200 new cases. Other districts in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) like Thane, Navi Mumbai and Kalyan-Dombivli each recorded more than 350 cases. A high count was seen in Pimpri-Chinchwad, which recorded nearly 1,000 cases while Ahmednagar had 464. The state’s recovery rate now stands at 60.37 per cent while Mumbai’s recovery rate is 76 per cent. While 1.48 lakh patients are undergoing treatment, on Thursday, 8,860 and 1,058 patients were discharged across the state and city respectively, after full recovery.