6,603 new cases take Maha's COVID-19 tally to 2,23,724

Mumbai, Jul 8 () The number of coronavirus positive patients in Maharashtra rose to 2,23,724 with the addition of 6,603 cases on Wednesday, the state health department said.

The COVID-19 fatality count grew by 198, which pushed the overall tally of victims in the state to 9,448, it said.

As many as 4,634 patientsrecovered from the infection and were discharged from hospitals across the state, it added.

With this, the number of recovered patients has now gone up to 1,23,192. There are 91,084 active cases in the state at present, the department said.

So far, 11,61,311 people have been tested in Maharashtra. MR NP NP