A day after reporting a massive spike in confirmed cases of the novel Coronavirus, the Maharashtra health department officials on Friday said the city as well as the state recorded a dip in infections. While Mumbai on Friday reported 242 new cases as against 522 on Thursday, the state reported 394. State health officials have, however, said this is not really great news at the moment as the low numbers need to be sustained for a fair period of time.

AS many as 11 deaths due to the Novel Coronavirus were reported from Mumbai on Friday and with 242 new cases, taking the city's total infections to 4,447. According to a report by the Public Health Department, Maharashtra has the highest number of cases in the country and ranks fifth in terms of mortality rate at 4.4 per cent.