MUMBAI : Maharashtra on Monday recorded 5,984 new coronavirus cases, a signficant drop in daily numbers, which took its caseload to 16,01,365, a health official said.125 fatalities took the COVID-19 death toll in the state to 42,240, he added.The state had reported a single-day rise of 9,060 cases on Sunday.15,069 patients were discharged on Monday, taking the number of recoveries in the state to 13,84,879.There are 1,73,759 active cases in the state.81,85,778 people have been tested so far.The state's recovery rate is 86.48 percent while the case fatality rate is 2.64 percent.Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) recorded 2,405 new cases and 60 deaths on Monday, including 1,234 new cases and 43 deaths in Mumbai alone.The case tally in the MMRis.