Maharashtra’s active case tally drops to 1.01 lakh
The Hindu
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Maharashtra reported 13,452 recoveries against a surge of 7,761 COVID-19 cases on Friday. The State’s active case tally has dipped to 1,01,337, while 167 deaths pushed the total toll to 1,26,727, with the case fatality rate at 2.04%. The total tally touched 61,97,018, while cumulative recoveries rose to 59,65,644, with the recovery rate at 96.27%. “Of 4,50,39,617 laboratory samples tested thus far, 61,97,018 (with the average case positivity falling incrementally to 13.76%) have returned positive, with over 2.15 lakh samples being tested in the last 24 hours,” said State Surveillance Officer Dr. Pradeep Awate.
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