After a three-day drop, Covid-19 cases and related fatalities surged across Maharashtra and Mumbai on Wednesday. The state registered 57,640 cases and 920 deaths within a 24-hour period. The total Covid caseload of the state surged to 48.8 lakh while the total fatalities touched 72,662. The daily case fatality rate of the state was 1.6% on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) minister Rajendra Shingane on Wednesday said supply of remdesivir to the state would improve after May 10.
