In Maharashtra, 9,926 Covid-19 patients were discharged yesterday after recovering from the disease. With this the count of the recovered cases in the state now stands at 2,76,809 with the recovery rate of 62.74 percent. But 9,509 new cases were added yesterday in Maharashtra's COVID-19 tally and it took the total number to 4,41,228 on Sunday. <br />''<br />''With 260 people succumbing to the infection during the day, the number of victims went up to 15,576. Maharashtra now has 1,48,537 active cases. The state is facing the challenge of controlling the pandemic in Rural areas and it might become more difficult as people from Konkan region have started their journey from various cities, to attend the upcoming Ganesh Festival.<br />