The number of fresh Coronavirus infections in Maharashtra crossed 10,000 in 24 hours preceding Friday evening, said officials amid a worrying trend of cases heading north over the past few weeks.

Mumbai reported 1,174 people testing positive for the contagious virus despite a drop in the average number of tests. The test positivity rate, which refers to the number of positive cases from 100 samples, has doubled to 6.2 percent compared to the first week of February.