<span style="color: #222222;">With the addition of 583 new positive patients, Maharashtra crossed 10,000-mark in Covid 19 infections.<br />''<br />''The total tally of corona positive patients now stands at 10,498.  <br />''<br />''State health department official said that 27 more patients succumbed to the disease, taking the toll to 459. The maximum number of cases have come from Mumbai.<br />''<br />''As many as 417 new cases were reported from the metropolis alone yesterday taking the total tally of positive cases from the city to 6,875.<br />''<br />''Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said the death toll in the metroplis went up to 290 with 20 more people succumbing to the infection.<br />''<br />''498 suspected patients have been admitted to various hospitals in the city.<br />''<br />''With five more persons testing coronavius positive, the count of COVID-19 patients in Nashik district of Maharashtra reached 281.<br />''<br />''The new patients are from Malegaon town in the district. Coronavirus positive cases in Solapur city of Maharashtra touched the 100-mark on Thursday.<br />''<br />''Meantime, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Minister Chhagan Bhujbal has informed that the distribution of foodgrains through fair price shops in the state amid lockdown, has been smooth.<br />''<br />''He informed that 69 lakh 16 thousand 722 quintals of foodgrains have been distributed to 1 crore 56 lakh 2 thousand 434 ration card holders in the state in during April 2020.</span><br />