<span style="color: #222222;">In Maharashtra, a sharp increase of covid-19 cases have been reported today. According to the data released by the state health department, 2940 new cases of coronavirus have been reported, taking the tally of total number of patients to 44,582. At present, there are 30,474 active cases in the state. 63 people succumbed to the infection today.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In Mumbai, the total people infected due to the novel coronavirus has crossed 27,000 mark. There are 27,251 Covid-19 cases in the financial capital. 27 patients died due to the disease in the financial capital today. The number of patients succumbing to the infection has surged to 909.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, the representatives of Indian Broadcasters Foundation (IBF) today held held a video conferencing meeting with chief minister Uddhav Thackeray to discuss on resuming the filming of TV serials.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Chief minister has told the IBF representatives to submit the detailed action plan on how the shooting can begun by taking necessary precautions to the state cultural department.   </span><br />'' <br />''