<span style="color: #222222;">Maharashtra yesterday reported 5,609 new cases of COVID-19 taking the cumulative total to 63,63,442. According to the State Public Health Department, 7,720 patients were discharged during the day post-recovery. With this, the total number of recoveries has reached 61,59,676.</span><br />''<br />''As many as 137 people succumbed to the infection today taking the toll to 1,34,201. At present, the state has 66,123 active cases. The recovery rate in the state is 96.8 per cent while the case fatality rate is 2.1 per cent.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Mumbai recorded 239 new COVID-19 cases yesterday taking the overall caseload to 7,37,954. The city also reported five deaths and 331 recoveries in the last 24 hours. The city presently has 4,501 active cases.</span><br />