Maharashtra on Tuesday recorded 1,881 fresh Covid-19 cases but no pandemic-related deaths, the state health department said.
The caseload in the state rose to 78,96,114, while death toll remained unchanged at 1,47,866. Maharashtra also saw 878 recoveries in a span of 24 hours.
There are 8,432 active coronavirus cases in the state now. The health department also said that a case of BA.5 variant of Omicron has been detected in a 31-year-old woman from Pune. “The woman was asymptomatic and recovered in home isolation," it said.
Maharashtra on Monday reported 1,036 new coronavirus cases but no deaths. Mumbai city witnessed the highest 676 new COVID-19 infections.