Number of coronavirus cases in Maharashtra crosses 1,000

Mumbai, Apr 7 () One hundred and fifty personstested positive for coronavirus infection in Maharashtra onTuesday, taking the number of COVID-19 patients in the stateto 1,018, a health official said here.

Maharashtra thus became the first state in the countryto report more than 1,000 coronavirus cases, he said.

Of the 150 patients detected on Tuesday, 116 werereported in Mumbai, he added.

Other new cases were reported from Pune (18), threeeach from Ahmednagar, Nagpur and Aurangabad, two each fromThane and Buldana, and one each from Satara, Ratnagiri andSangli, said the official. NDKRK KRK