Thane has reported 327 new cases of coronavirus, raising the infection count in the Maharashtra district to 7,05,753, an official said on Monday.
These new cases were recorded on Sunday, he said.
The virus also claimed the lives of five more people, which pushed the death toll in the district to 11,822, the official said, adding that the COVID-19 mortality rate in Thane stood at 1.67 per cent.
In neighbouring Palghar district, the COVID-19 case count has gone up to 1,62,843, while the death toll stands at 3,386, another official said.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Sunday reported 9,666 new coronavirus positive cases, taking the state's infection tally to 78,03,700, while the death of 66 persons took the toll to 1,43,074, the health department said.
A total of 25,175 patients were discharged during the day, which raised the recovery count to 75,38,611, it said.
There are 1,18,076 active cases in the state now.
With 1,44,755 tests conducted during the day, the overall test count rose to 7,55,54,798.
No new case of the Omicron variant of the virus was detected in the state on Sunday. Till date, 3,334 people have been found infected with this strain, of whom 2,023 patients have been discharged after they tested negative for the infection, the department said in a statement.
Mumbai reported 536 new cases and three deaths. This took its total case count to 10,50,455 and fatality figure to 16,661.
Mumbai division, which comprises the city and its satellite townships, saw 1,163 new cases and 12 deaths. The total case count in the region stood at 22,19,183 and death toll at 36,743, it said.
Nashik division reported 1,392 new cases, Pune division 3,038 cases, including 1,436 in Pune city, Kolhapur division 404 cases, Aurangabad division 520 cases, Latur division 484 cases, Akola division 576 cases, Nagpur division 2,089 cases, including 835 in Nagpur city.
Maharashtra's coronavirus figures are as follows: Positive cases 78,03,700, new cases 9,666, active cases 1,18,076, death toll 1,43,074, tests so far 7,55,54,798.
(With agency inputs)
