 "A health worker in Jammu takes the swab sample of a bus driver to test for Covid-19 on Friday, August 27, 2021.")
Thane has reported 205 new cases of coronavirus, raising the infection count in the Maharashtra district to 5,51,444, an official said on Wednesday.
Besides these new cases recorded on Tuesday, the virus also claimed the lives of three more people, which pushed the death toll in the district to 11,289, he said.
The COVID-19 mortality rate in Thane stood at 2.04 per cent, he added.
In neighbouring Palghar district, the COVID-19 case count has gone up to 1,34,541, while the death toll has reached 3,293, another official said.
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