mumbaiUpdated: May 30, 2020 05:49 ISTMaharashtra’s Covid-19 case tally crossed the 60,000-mark and death toll went past 2,000 on Friday, but the state also witnessed recovery of 8,381 patients, the most to be discharged in 24 hours. The state’s recovery rate rose to 43.38% from 31.26% on Thursday, with the total of recovered patients going up to 26,997. State health minister Rajesh Tope said recovery rate improving was “a positive sign”. “The protocol change is one of the reasons for better recovery rate. It’s a good sign that although cases are rising, the recovery rate has improved and even mortality rate has improved to 3.37%,” said Supe.

Source: Hindustan Times May 29, 2020 18:45 UTC