01 January,2022 08:35 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
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Maharashtra reported 9,170 new coronavirus cases, 1,103 more than the day before, and seven deaths on Saturday, the health department said.
The state, which witnessed a dramatic rise in coronavirus cases in the last 11 days of 2021, also recorded six new Omicron variant infections.
On Friday, the state had reported 8,067 Covid-19 cases and eight deaths. On Thursday, the new cases were 5,368 and 22 deaths.
The Covid-19 case tally of Maharashtra rose to 66,87,991 on Saturday, an official said.
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The death toll of the pandemic has increased to 1,41,533, he said.
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