The number of coronavirus cases in Maharashtra increased by 33 to 335 on Wednesday while six patients died, taking the death toll to 16, health officials said.
Thirty of the new cases were found in Mumbai alone, two in Pune and one in Buldhana, said an official.
The state had reported 302 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday.
Health Minister Rajesh Tope had said earlier in the day that the number of cases would increase further because there were around 5,000 persons in "high-risk" category.
Relatives or close friends of these people had tested positive for COVID-19 (making it likely that they might have caught the infection too), he said