Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 27,918 fresh coronavirus positive cases, two days after recording the highest 40,414 infections in a day, taking the tally to 27,73,436, the state Health department said. With 139 patients succumbing to the COVID-19 infection, the toll in the state mounted to 54,422, it said.

The dip in cases is ostensibly due to fewer number of tests (1,29,876) being conducted on Tuesday against 1,36,848 samples tested the day earlier. Till Sunday, the state had been ramping up the number of daily tests, resulting into more cases getting detected.