Maharashtra Reported 1,495 Coronavirus Cases On Wednesday Which Is The Highest Single Day Spike Yet In The State.

Maharashtra reported 1,495 coronavirus cases on Wednesday – the highest single-day spike in the state taking its total to 25,992, while the number of deaths rose to 975 with 54 people dying of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, health department officials said. State capital Mumbai breached the 15,000-mark today with 800 new cases taking its tally to 15,747. Mumbai is the worst-hit city in India; it also accounts for 40 of the 54 deaths in the state in the last 24 hours.Mumbai also accounts for 21 per cent of the total COVID-19 cases in the country. With a death rate of 3.71, 60 per cent of the total fatalities in the state are also from the metropolis.