With 139 COVID-19 related deaths reported on Friday, Maharashtra posted its highest fatality surge yet to take the State’s total death toll to 2,849. Another spike of 2,436 new cases saw the State’s total case tally breach the 80,000-mark to reach 80,229. Also read: Coronavirus | Maharashtra to ramp up fight after Centre’s reportOf the total case tally, only 42,215 are active positive ones, said State Health Department officials. “The State’s recovery rate currently stands at 43.81% while its case fatality rate is 3.55%,” said State Surveillance Officer Pradeep Awate. Mumbai’s total case tally crossed the 45,000 mark to reach 46,080, with the city reporting 1,149 new cases.

Source: The Hindu June 05, 2020 16:56 UTC