Mumbai, April 27 (TIWN) In another stunner, Maharashtra Covid-19 fatalities rose to a new peak on Tuesday with deaths crossing the 66,000 mark and case tally shooting past the 44 lakh level, health officials said here.

The Mumbai situation remained stable with a marginal increase of new infections to 3,999 from 3,840, taking up the city tally to 635,483.  However, Mumbai’s daily deaths came down from 71 on Monday to 59, and the total fatalities in the country’s commercial capital went up to 12,920.  The state death rate remained stable at 1.05 per cent, while the number of active cases dropped from 674,770 to 672,434.  On the brighter side, 67,752 fully cured patients returned home, taking the total to 36,69,548 now, and the recovery rate improved from 82.92 per cent on Monday to 83.21 per cent.