<span style="color: #222222;">Maharashtra yesterday reported 9,195 new Covid cases and 8,634 recoveries. The state currently has an active caseload of 1,16,667. 252 deaths were also reported. Maharashtra's recovery rate stands at  96.01 percent while the case fatality rate is 2.01 percent. The state has so far conducted 4.18 crore tests and the positivity rate stands at 14.5 percent.<br />''<br />''Mumbai reported 656 new cases of COVID-19, 489 recoveries and 21 deaths yesterday. With close to one thousand new cases, Pune, Solapur, Satara, Sangli and Kolhapur districts remain a matter of concern for the state and local administration.</span><br />