Maharashtra reported 8,159 new Covid-19 cases and 165 fresh fatalities, taking the infection tally to 62,37,755 and the death toll to 1,30,918, a health department official said.

The official said as many as 7,839 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, pushing the number of recovered cases to 60,08,750. The state has 94,745 Covid-19 patients under treatment, he said.