Maharashtra recorded 43,697 cases, 10 per cent more than the previous day, including 214 new Omicron infections, and also saw 49 fatalities linked to the infection, the health department said.

A total of 46,591 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the state's overall recovery count to 69,15,407. The Covid-19 recovery rate of Maharashtra stands at 94.4 per cent, it said.