Maharashtra reported 67,468 fresh cases on Wednesday. The test positivity rate in the state stands at 16.36 per cent.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra registered 586 Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, its highest ever single-day spike in death count. With this, state's case fatality now stands at1.54 per cent.
Currently, there are 39,15,292 people in home quarantine and 29,384 people in institutional quarantine in Maharashtra.
As of Wednesday, active caseload in the state stands at 6,95,747.
MAHARASHTRA GOVT HINTS AT COMPLETE LOCKDOWN
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Tuesday said that the state cabinet has requested Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to announce a strict lockdown in Maharashtra from Wednesday 8pm.
“This was the request of all ministers to CM, now it is his decision,” Rajesh Tope said.
Maharashtra government has already put several new restrictions in place in order to contain the spread of infection. Last week, CM Uddhav Thackeray had imposed weekday curfew along with weekend lockdown in the state.