With 8,968 fresh cases, Maharashtra's total COVID-19 count crossed 4.5 lakh cases on Monday, while more than 10,000 patients were discharged. In Mumbai, while there were less than 1,000 new cases, P North (Malad) became the second ward to have more than 7,000 cases.

State health department officials said that a significant drop was seen in Pune's daily count, as it reported 1,027 cases followed by Mumbai with 970 cases. Other districts in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region also reported fewer cases including Ulhasnagar with 54 cases and Bhiwandi with 23 cases. Districts like Thane, however, continued to report more than 400 cases.