Maharashtra recorded 36,265 new coronavirus infections including 79 cases of the Omicron variant, the state health department said.

Thirteen fatalities due to the pandemic were also reported in the state since the previous evening. The active cases in the state stood at 1,14,847. The case fatality rate in the state is 2.08 per cent. As per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, 20,181 new cases were reported in Mumbai alone.