Thane, May 26 :Maharashtra’s Thane district recorded 656 covid positive cases and 40 deaths in the past 24 hours, health authorities said Today.

With the fresh infections and fatalities, caseload mounted to 5,11,655 and fatalities to 8,963.

The mortality rate was 1.75 per cent.

In neighbouring Palghar district, the COVID-19 case count has gone up to 1,07,834 while the death toll was 1,998.(UNI)