Coronavirus cases in Maharashtra's Thane district mounts to 687

With the addition of as many as 72 new COVID-19 patients on Sunday, the number of coronaviruspositive cases grew to 687 in Thane district of Maharashtra,officials said.Most of the new patients are from Thane city, KalyanDombivali, Mira Bhayandar and Navi Mumbai areas, they said.

In Palghar, an increase of nine coronavirus positivecases took the total to 138.


So far, 19 people have died due to the infection inThane, while 10 in Palghar district, the officials said.

There are 226 positive cases in Thane city, 146 inMira Bhayandar, 132 in Navi Mumbai, 129 in Kalyan Dombivali,they said.

The total number of novel coronavirus cases in India rose to 27,892, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.

In a morning update, the Health Ministry said, of the total cases at least 20,835 are active. A total of 6,184 individuals have been cured and discharged while 872 people lost their lives. One person migrated to other country.

The state of Maharashtra remains the worst hit with 8,068 cases and 342 fatalities, followed by Gujarat with 3301 cases and 151 deaths and Delhi with 2,918 cases and 54 casualties, according to the Health Ministry data.

COVID-19 cases spiked up to 2,185 in Rajasthan and 2,096 in Madhya Pradesh.

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