Maharashtra: Thane reports 270 new Covid-19 cases, 9 more deaths

With the addition of 270 new cases of coronavirus, the infection count in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 5,45,549, an official said on Wednesday.

Besides these new cases reported on Tuesday, the virus also claimed the lives of nine more people, which raised the death toll in the district to 11,056, he said.

The COVID-19 mortality rate in the district stood at 2.02 per cent, he added.

In neighbouring Palghar district, the COVID-19 case count has gone up to 1,33,464, while the death toll has reached 3,206, another official said.