Maharashtra's COVID-19 deaths catapult from 1 to over 30,000 in 180 days

Exactly six months after Maharashtra had its first coronavirus death on March 17 - of a 64-year-old man who succumbed at Mumbai's Kasturba Hospital, the state has seen its death toll go up massively to 30,883, officials said on Thursday.

This comes to a rough average of 172 deaths per day (till September 16), according to the...