Maharashtra adds 6,875 new Covid-19 cases; Chandigarh count reaches 523

Chandigarh reported a surge in fresh coronavirus cases with 16 more people including an eight-month-old baby girl testing positive for the infection

Maharashtra's coronavirus count rose to 230,599 on Thursday with the addition of 6,875 new cases, while 219 deaths pushed the toll to 9,667.  68 new deaths were reported in Mumbai, the state health department said.

A health department statement said 4,067 patients were also discharged from hospitals, taking the total recoveries to 127,259 in the state. There are 93,673 active cases in the state, it said.

The statement said the case recovery rate in the state was 55.19 per cent, while the fatality rate stood at 4.19 per cent.

Currently, 649,263 people are in home quarantine and 48,191 in institutional