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The state's daily count continued to soar as more than 18,000 fresh cases were reported on Thursday taking the total tally to 8.34 lakh cases. With 1,526 cases on Thursday, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Mumbai crossed the 1.5 lakh mark as 17 wards in the city now have more than 5,000 cases each. In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, barring Thane, all other districts had less than 400 cases each. Also Read: Mumbai: 'How are we supposed to reach work?,' asks office managerWith a spike in cases, the city's daily growth rate dropped to 0.90 per cent as the total count crossed 1.5 lakh cases. While R Central has more than 1,500 active cases, K West and R South wards have more than 1,000 cases each while seven wards have more than 800 active cases each..