The fatality toll remained unchanged at 11,971 as no death was reported on Tuesday, and the recovery count stood at 7,36,199, he said.

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Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Tuesday recorded 24 new coronavirus infections and zero pandemic-related deaths. There are 146 active cases in the state, the health department said in a release.

The state's Covid-19 caseload rose to 81,36,844 while the death toll reached 1,48,418.

Since December 24, when the health department started screening at airports, 3,02,153 international passengers arrived at Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur airports.

Of them, 6,894 passengers were subjected to RT-PCR tests and 14 samples were sent for genome sequencing.

(With inputs from PTI)