A day after Maharashtra witnessed the highest one-day spike of COVID-19 cases, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday urges those eligible to get vaccinated without fear. Thackeray said a lockdown is an option but he trusts people to follow the norms on their own.
With these fresh additions, the state's overall COVID-19 tally rose to 81,25,845, while the death toll increased to 1,48,366, said the health department in a bulletin
Maharashtra on Thursday reported 46,406 new coronavirus cases, 317 less than a day before, and 36 more fatalities linked to the infection, the health department said.