Summary:
A DROP was witnessed in the daily count of new COVID-19 infections of the state and the city, as both reported around 3,000 and nearly 600 cases respectively on Monday. Citing technical difficulties, the state wasn't able to share the number of deaths as well as the number of patients discharged in the districts in Maharashtra. State health department officials reported that among the fresh cases, Mumbai took the lead with 599 followed by Nashik with 341 and Nagpur with 300. In Mumbai, civic officials said that out of 20 deaths, 19 patients were suffering from other ailments while 14 deaths involved senior citizens. With a drop in cases, the city's daily growth rate increased to 0.30 per cent as the total count now stands at 2.65 lakh cases..