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MUMBAI: Maharashtra is likely to cross the grim milestone of a total of 1 lakh Covid deaths on Sunday, with only seven countries (including India) having a higher number of deaths during the pandemic. Maharashtra’s Covid toll would be closest to France, which has recorded 1.09 lakh deaths so far.
On Saturday, when the state registered its lowest single-day case count (13,659) in 87 days or nearly 3 months (since March 10, when 13,659 cases were registered), 741 deaths were added to the toll. Of these, only 300 deaths were registered on Saturday, while the remaining 441 were deaths that occurred over a week ago. The state thus had a toll of 99,512 deaths on Saturday.