A record 1,233 new COVID-19 cases take Maha tally to 16,758

Mumbai, May 6 () Maharashtra on Wednesday reported1,233 new COVID-19 cases - a fresh single-day high - takingthe tally to 16,758, while 34 deaths raised the toll to 651,a health department official said.

This was the first time the state reported new COVID-19 cases in four digits in a single day, he said.

As many as 34 more patients - 25 of them in Mumbai -succumbed to the infection, taking the toll to 651, said theofficial.

Maharashtra COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positivecases 16,758, new cases 1,233, deaths 651, discharged 3,094,active cases 13,013, people tested so far 1,90,879. NDRSY RSY