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Setting a grim record, Maharashtra on Sunday added the highest-ever 9,518 new Covid-19 cases in a day, taking the tally to 310,455 while 258 more people succumbed, including 149 deaths in the Mumbai metropolitan region, state Health department said.
The number of fatalities in the state now stands at 11,854, it said.
This is the first time that the number of new cases crossed the 9,000-mark in a single day.
At 1,812, Pune city saw a record spike in cases in a day, followed by 1,038 in Mumbai, which now has 1,01,388 cases.
Of 258 deaths, 64 occurred in Mumbai while 149 fatalities were
