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Mumbai: COVID-19 cases shoot up, breach 8,000-mark
Updated On: 02 April, 2021 07:17 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Maharashtra saw 43,183 new cases taking the total tally to 28.56 lakh. However, the number of deaths due to COVID-19 has also been on the rise for the past few days, and about 249 deaths have been recorded over the past 24 hours, taking the state’s death toll due to COVID to 54,898.
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People wearing facemasks as a preventive measure against the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, crowd at a wholesale vegetable market during early morning in Mumbai. Pic/AFP
The city saw a major spike in the daily COVID-19 cases on Thursday with it recording more than 8,000 fresh infections. The numbers across the state even shot up and it recorded more than 43,000 cases over the past 24 hours.
Maharashtra saw 43,183 new cases taking the total tally to 28.56 lakh. However, the number of deaths due to COVID-19 has also been on the rise for the past few days, and about 249 deaths have been recorded over the past 24 hours, taking the state’s death toll due to COVID to 54,898.
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