state health department Maharashtra It was announced on Thursday evening that the state has registered 1,179 new Covid-19 cases.
The state also recorded 615 recoveries and 17 deaths in the last 24 hours.
The state had registered a sharp rise in the number of Covid-19 cases on Wednesday with 1,201 new infections in a day.
In a worrying surge, the state also added 23 more Omicron infected patients.
So far, a total of 88 patients infected with the Omicron variant have been reported in the state.
Omicron cases were reported from Pune (13), Mumbai (5), Osmanabad (2), Thane (1), Nagpur (1) and Mira Bhayandar (1).
At present 76,373 patients are in home quarantine and 899 people are in institutional quarantine.
17 deaths were reported in the state today, taking the fatality rate in the state to 2.12%.
In the last 24 hours, 615 patients were discharged. The recovery rate in the state is 97.7%.
Earlier it was reported that Mumbai has detected 602 fresh Covid cases and one death in the last twenty four hours showing an upward trajectory which has worried many.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday evening held a review meeting on the COVID-19 situation in the country, amid growing concerns over the spread of the Omron version of the coronavirus.
Official sources said Modi took stock of the pandemic situation across the country at a high-level meeting of senior officials and experts.
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