Thane has reported 5,192 new cases of coronavirus, raising the infection count in the Maharashtra district to 4,46,376, an official said on Sunday.
Besides these new cases reported on Saturday, the virus also claimed the lives of 46 more people, pushing the death toll in the district to 7,232, he said.
The COVID-19 mortality rate in Thane is 1. 62 percent, he added.
The details of recovered and under-treatment patients were not provided by the district administration.
In neighboring Palghar district, the COVID-19 case count stood at 76,678 and the death toll at 1,447, another official said.
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