Thane records 26 new Covid-19 cases, no fatalities
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Thane district in Maharashtra recorded 26 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours.
Thane district in Maharashtra recorded 26 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the case tally to 7,09,250, according to the health department data.
However, the death toll remained unchanged at 11,894. The mortality rate in the district stood at 1.67 per cent.
Meanwhile, in the Palghar district, the Covid-19 case count stood at 1,63,612 and the death toll at 3,407.
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