Summary:
Maharashtra's Covid-19 cases crossed the 18-lakh mark on Thursday even as new infections and deaths continued to rise along with active cases, causing concerns, health authorities said here. For the second consecutive day, the state reported 65 deaths and the fatalities shot up from 46,748 to 46,813 now. The new infections continued above 5,000 with 6,406 fresh cases - compared with the peak single-day tally of 24,886 - and the total cases zoomed past the 18-lakh mark and went up from 17,95,959 to 18,02,365 till date. As many as 18 of the 36 districts across the state reported fatalities, with the bulk of deaths from Mumbai and Pune regions. Mumbai's new cases again zoomed above 1,000 by adding 1,147 new infections that took the total from 278,597 to 279,744 now..