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With the addition of 240 coronavirus positive cases, the infection count in Thane district of Maharashtra mounted to 5,50,817, an official said on Sunday .
These new cases were reported on Saturday, he said.
With three more patients succumbing to the viral infection, the death toll in the Thane district rose to 11,279. The mortality rate is 2.04 per cent, he added.
In neighboring Palghar district, the COVID-19 case count has gone up to 1,34,437 while the death toll is 3,292, the official said.
