MUMBAI: Maharashtra on Monday crossed the six lakh-mark with 8493 new cases of Covid-19, while 228 more patients succumbed to the infection, a health department official said.

The state's COVID-19 count rose to 604358 after 8493 fresh cases were reported, while 228 deaths took the fatality tally to 20265, he said.

Also 11391 persons were discharged from hospitals, taking the tally of recovered cases to 428514. There are 155268 active cases in the state.