<span style="color: #222222;">Maharashtra reported its highest single-day spike of 14,492 coronavirus cases today, which pushed its overall count to 6,43,289. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The state health department said with the death of 326 patients the death toll increased to 21,359.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A total of 12,243 patients were discharged today following their recovery. With this, 4,59,124 COVID-19 patients have been discharged so far.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The recovery rate in the state is 71.37 per cent, while the fatality rate is 3.32 per cent. There are 1,62,491 active cases in the state.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The tally of COVID-19 cases in the slum-dominated Dharavi area of Mumbai increased to 2,697 today after 17 more people tested positive for the infection. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It is after a gap of more than a fortnight that Dharavi has recorded double digit COVID-19 case count in a day.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said 2,342 COVID-19 patients in the slum sprawl have already recovered and been discharged from hospitals. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">According to the BMC, currently Dharavi has only 95 active COVID-19 cases.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The COVID-19 cases in the G-north ward, that includes Dadar and Mahim areas along with Dharavi, have crossed the 7,000-mark.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, with the death of an inspector attached to the Mulund Police station, the COVID-19 toll in the Mumbai Police force has reached 62.</span><br />''