<span style="color: #222222;">Maharashtra reported its highest single-day spike of 8,641 new COVID-19 cases today, which pushed the tally of patients in the state to 2,84,281</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">. <br />''<br />''</span><span style="color: #222222;">According to the state health department, the death of 266 patients today took the fatality count in the state to 11,194. <br />''<br />''It said as many as 5,527 patients recovered from the infection and discharged during the day. With this, the number of recovered persons has grown to 1,58,140. <br />''<br />''There are 1,14,907 active cases in the state now. So far, 14,46,386 people have been tested for COVID-19 in the state.</span>