On Tuesday, Maharashtra recorded 2,956 fresh cases of Covid-19 and four new deaths. The active tally crossed the 18,000-mark, the health department said. On Monday, the state had recorded 1,885 cases and one fatality.

With these additions, the state`s Covid-19 tally reached 79,15,418, while the death toll increased to 1,47,875, the department said in a bulletin.

The coronavirus recovery rate in the state stood at 97.90 per cent. Nandurbar is the only district with no active case of Covid-19 as of now.