Maharashtra today logged more than 90,000 cases, with state capital Mumbai alone at 51,000 cases. However, the total of 90,787 cases include the 42,638 people who have already recovered from the highly infectious disease.
According to figures supplied by the Maharashtra government, 2,259 people tested positive over the last 24 hours, a quarter of the record 9,987 cases reported across the country.
The number of deaths went up by 120 in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 3,289, which is also the highest among states.
More than 2.56 lakh coronavirus cases have been reported in India till now, after a record number of 9,983 cases were reported on Monday, even as the government has allowed a number of relaxations after over two months of lockdown. India is the fifth worst-hit nation by the deadly virus in the world.
The total number of deaths due to the virus now stands at 7,135, government data shows.
