Record 16,867 new coronavirus cases in Maharashtra, 328 deaths

Maharashtra on Saturday reported a single-day highest spike of 16,867 coronavirus cases which pushed its case tally to 7,64,281, the state health department said. With 328 new fatalities, the death toll due to the pandemic reached 24,103, it said in a release. The earlier highest one-day increase in number of patients was 14,888 on August 26.