534 new Covid-19 cases in Thane, 20 more deaths

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Thane has reported 534 new cases of coronavirus, raising the infection count in the Maharashtra district to 5,32,533, an official said on Thursday.

Besides these new cases recorded on Wednesday, the virus also claimed the lives of 20 more people, pushing the death toll in the district to 10,699, the official said.

The Covid-19 mortality rate in Thane stood at two per cent, he added.

Details of recovered and under-treatment patients were not provided by the district administration.

In neighbouring Palghar district, the Covid-19 case count has gone up to 1,16,706, while the death toll has reached 2,575, another official said.

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