MUMBAI : Maharashtra on Saturday reported a single-day highest spike of 16,867 coronavirus cases which pushed its case tally to 7,64,281, the state health department said. With 328 new fatalities, the death toll due to the pandemic reached 24,103, it said in a release. The total number of COVID-19 cases in the city rose to 1,43,389 and death toll to 7,596. Akola division has reported 16,716 cases and 447 deaths, and Nagpur division 31,994 cases and 742 deaths. Maharashtra's COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 7,64,281, New cases 16,867, Deaths 24,103, Recoveries 5,54,711, Active cases 1,85,131 and people tested so far 40,12,059.

Source: Mint August 29, 2020 15:33 UTC