<span style="color: #222222;">Maharashtra has reported 3,075 new cases of coronavirus infection, taking its total caseload to 18,55,341. Health department said 7,345 patients were discharged yesterday, taking the total number of recoveries to 17,30,715.<br />''<br />''The death toll increased by 40 to 47,774. AIR correspondent reports that Covid-19 patient's recovery rate stands at 93.28 percent n Maharashtra while the case fatality rate stands at 2.57 percent. Maharashtra has conducted 1.13 crore tests so far and the positivity rate stands at 16.39 percent. Currently 5,55,180 people are in home quarantine and 5565 people are in institutional quarantine.<br />''<br />''In Mumbai, the number of Covid 19 cases is steadily declining as the city has reported less than 1000 cases per day for more than a week.  From 1st of Dec to 7th Dec, the city witnessed new CoronaVirus cases in the range of 700- 900 patients per day. In the last 24 hours, 544 new cases have been reported. The city reported 11 fatalities and 1598 recoveries during the day. </span><br />