Covid-19: Maharashtra adds 6,875 new cases; 219 die, 4,067 recover

Medical volunteers wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) gear take temperature reading of a woman as they conduct a door-to-door medical screening inside Dharavi slums (AFP Photo)

Maharashtra's Covid-19 tally rose to 2,30,599 on Thursday with the addition of 6,875 new cases, while 219 deaths took the toll to 9,667, the state health department said.

A health department statement here said 4,067 patientswere also discharged from hospitals, taking the total recoveries to 1,27,259 in the state.

There are 93,673 active cases in the state, it said.

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So far, 12,22,487 people have been tested for Covid-19 in Maharashtra, the statement added.

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