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Economic Times | 06 Jan, 2022 | 06.27AM IST
Covid India Live News Updates: Maharashtra logs 26,538 new COVID-19 cases, Omicron tally rises to 797
Maharashtra reported 26,538 fresh COVID-19 cases and eight deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the state health bulletin on Wednesday. Of the new cases, Mumbai reported the highest number of infections at 15,166. As per the health bulletin, 67,576,032 cases have been reported in Maharashtra so far including 87,505 active cases.With 5,331 recoveries reported in the last 24 hours, the recovery tally in the state mounted to 65,24,247. However, with the addition of new fatalities, the death toll in the state reached 141,581. The case fatality rate is 2.09 per cent. Together the five big metros Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Bengaluru reported 37,935 cases which is about 42% of the total cases from the country.
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